TNReport.com investigates how a new state law will fail to protect taxpayers from a recently announced layoff of 500 workers by Volkswagen. The auto manufacturer has received hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money for its Chattanooga plant, and the state will likely be unable to recoup any...

In a Choice Media “Ed Reform Minute” podcast, Beacon Center Director of Policy Trey Moore explains why Beacon had concerns with – and ultimately could not support – Gov. Haslam’s limited, failing school voucher bill this year. Visit buff.ly/15GvuiU to listen to the entire...

The Heartland Institute notes Gov. Bill Haslam’s decision to thus far reject a Medicaid expansion. The article quotes Beacon director of policy Trey Moore, who explains how this rejection does not mean Tennessee taxpayers will lose money to other states. “The notion that money will go to other...

NASHVILLE – Gov. Bill Haslam announced today that he would not currently seek Tennessee’s participation in a Medicaid expansion as envisioned by President Obama’s signature healthcare law. Instead, Haslam will focus on reforming the entitlement program known in the state as TennCare. The Beacon...

Beacon Director of Policy Trey Moore warns against the consequences – both fiscal and moral – of expanding Medicaid in Tennessee. This article originally appeared in Sunday’s Knoxville News Sentinel. by Trey Moore Gov. Bill Haslam recently announced he would decide this month whether...

TN Report offers an interesting analysis of the fallout from Hemlock Semiconducter, which was awarded nearly $300 million in taxpayer handouts before announcing massive layoffs at its Clarksville plant. TN Report gets Beacon Director of Policy Trey Moore’s take on the consequences of corporate...

Beacon CEO Justin Owen and the Tennessee Tax Revolt’s Ben Cunningham pen an article in today’s Tennessean supporting reform of the state’s beer tax. An unedited version of the article is posted below. by Justin Owen & Ben Cunningham India Pale Ale. Stout. Amber Ale. These are terms...

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...

NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee today released a new publication highlighting the school choice stories of families across the state. The report, The Choice is Ours, tells how opportunity scholarships have empowered two Tennessee mothers to obtain a top-notch education for their sons. It...