Research associate for the Tennessee Center for Policy Research Jeff Poole explains how the state government’s costly budget talks fail to maximize savings for taxpayers, despite abandoning the proposal for a fish hatchery in House Speaker Kent Williams’ district. This article originally...

In its top story on the 10:00 news, NewsChannel 5 interviews Justin Owen of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research about how a fish pond broke down state budget negotiations. Owen said the price tag for the fish hatchery project does not pay off in the number of jobs it creates. “You do the math. ...

TNReport interviews Justin Owen of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research about the state’s plan to build a $17 million fish hatchery in House Speaker Kent Williams’ district. This is a prime example of government gone wild… the Tennessee Constitution doesn’t say anything in there...

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today made available in electronic version its most recent publication, An Idea a Day: 45 Ideas for a Prosperous Tennessee. The pamphlet offers one innovative free market idea for each remaining legislative day of the 106th General Assembly. Each...

Each year, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research teams up with Citizens Against Government Waste to release a detailed report of waste, fraud and abuse by state and local governments. To date, TCPR and CAGW have exposed more than $1.2 billion of wasted taxpayer money. Click here to download the 2009...

NASHVILLE – The 2008 Tennessee Pork Report, released today, exposes $260 million in waste, fraud and abuse of tax dollars. Authored by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Tennessee’s free market think tank, in partnership with Citizens Against Government Waste, the nation’s premier taxpayer...