Justin Owen, president & CEO of the Beacon Center, praises Farragut for its low taxes, strong education results, and job and population growth, leading it to the top of the Center’s 2011 Business-Friendly Cities rankings. This article originally appeared in Sunday’s Knoxville News Sentinel.   by...

The Beacon Center’s Ryan Turbeville talks to Channel 4 News in Nashville about a state lawmaker’s proposal to require voter approval of any local property tax increases that are greater than one percent. Click here to watch the entire interview.

The media has extensively covered the Beacon Center’s recent report, How Business-Friendly are Tennessee’s Cities?, since its release earlier this week. Below is a list of the mentions so far on television and in newspapers, with links. Click here to read the release of the report itself.   Nashville...

In a feature story on state Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty, the Nashville Business Journal takes note of the Beacon Center’s position on economic development incentives. From Friday’s print edition:  ”Free market gropus like Beacon Center of Tennessee...

In a recent letter sent to legislative leaders, the state Comptroller called into question the use of “tax variances” by former Dept. of Revenue commissioner Reagan Farr. As noted by Tennessee Watchdog, the commissioner appears to have used his authority to change certain companies’...

Beacon Center’s Justin Owen pens an article in today’s Tennessean that urges Nashville Metro Government to roll back the expansive regulatory environment it places on small businesses and entrepreneurs. by Justin Owen Nashville is a thriving Southern city. Tourists and residents enjoy the...

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research was featured on WSMV, Channel 4 News in Nashville. TCPR recently released a report showing how local entrepreneurs were harmed by needless red tape imposed by Music City bureaucrats. One such entrepreneur is Pat Raynor, who is banned from starting her own home-based...

New report shows how stringent rules harm many local small business owners NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research issued a policy report today exposing how Nashville’s regulatory environment harms local entrepreneurs and small businesses. The report, titled A Burdensome Tune, analyzes...

As covered by TN Report, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey has thrown his support behind a Tennessee Center for Policy Research proposal to reform the state’s fiscal note process. In a policy brief issued last week, TCPR called on lawmakers to reform the process for calculating the cost of legislation, encouraging...