Amidst discussions in the state legislature about the implications of setting up a state healthcare exchange under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, the Beacon Center has published a policy insight outlining the myths vs. facts of a state-run exchange. Download the one-page insight at: http://www.beacontn.org/wp-content/uploads/An-Unfair-Exchange.pdf.

The Washington Examiner publishes an Associated Press story noting the Beacon Center’s role in urging Gov. Bill Haslam to support a repeal of the state death tax. Read the entire article here. Beacon’s president & CEO recently signed a letter to Haslam along with several prominent national...

The Daily Caller looks at the work of the Beacon Center and other key groups who are urging Gov. Bill Haslam to support a repeal of the state death tax. Read the entire article here.

Beacon Center Provides Legislature with 51 Ideas for a Prosperous Tennessee Pamphlet offers a free market idea for each remaining legislative day of the General Assembly NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee, founded as the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, today made available in electronic...

The Beacon Center’s president & CEO Justin Owen co-signed a letter today with the Dick Patten of the American Family Business Institute, American’s for Tax Reform’s Grover Norquist, Duane Parde of the National Taxpayers’ Union, and Americans for Prosperity’s Tim Phillips,...

Liquor Lobby Receives Lump of Coal Award for Thwarting Wine in Grocery Stores NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee (formerly the Tennessee Center for Policy Research) today announced the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee as the recipient of its 2011 Lump of Coal Award. The Beacon Center...

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...

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...