The Nashville Business Journal takes a look at the film incentives received by the TV show “Nashville,” and discusses whether those handouts should be renewed if a second season is cast. Beacon’s Director of Policy Trey Moore says no. “If it’s successful enough to be picked...

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday evening overwhelmingly passed legislation to curb welfare abuse. This comes on the heels of a Beacon Center investigation into questionable uses of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in places such as strip clubs and liquor stores in...

The Tennessean covers a state Comptroller audit that found more than $73 million wasted by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. This included sending unemployment checks to the deceased. The article provides Beacon CEO Justin Owen’s reaction to the findings. “It’s outrageous that...

The editorial board of the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal praises the effort by Sen. Jim Tracy and Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver to curb welfare abuse. As the editorial notes, the measure comes on the heels of an investigation by the Beacon Center that found welfare recipients using their EBT cards in strip...

TNReport.com takes a look at the bill to curb EBT/welfare abuse after it passed the Senate unanimously on Monday night. The article notes how the bill resulted from a Beacon investigation into the matter. Included in the article is a statement from Beacon CEO Justin Owen: “We applaud Sen. Jim Tracy...

Statement from the Beacon Center on Senate passage of SB244: The Tennessee State Senate on Monday evening passed legislation to curb welfare abuse after the Beacon Center uncovered questionable uses of Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards in places such as strip clubs and liquor stores in large...

ABC 24 in Memphis analyzes the cost of Mayor A.C. Wharton’s expensive car lease, courtesy of taxpayers. The TV station sits down with Beacon policy director Trey Moore to get his reaction to the high price tag of the Cadillac SUV compared to other cities across the Southeast. See the entire interview...

TNReport.com has a very interesting story on how the state is forking over $22 million to the film industry in what Beacon’s Trey Moore says is bad for taxpayers. “This is one of the most insidious forms of corporate welfare out there,” Trey Moore, with the free-market think tank Beacon Center,...

The Nashville Metro Council is moving toward giving HCA, the nation’s largest hospital operator, a $66 million tax break to move one county over. WSMV, Channel 4 News gets Beacon CEO Justin Owen’s reaction to the handout. Watch the interview here.