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...

As Republicans and Democrats squabble over what to do with excess revenues coming into the state’s coffers, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research offers an effective solution. “It’s not enough to rely on the whims of either political party to return excess revenue to taxpayers,” said Justin...

As Washington hits gridlock on the debt ceiling battle, the federal government continues to send millions of dollars to local communities for “non-traditional transportation purposes,” such as sidewalks, landscaping, and lighting, notes TNReport.com. Tennessee Center for Policy Research President...

NASHVILLE, TN – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today released its 2011 Tennessee Pork Report, exposing that state and local governments across Tennessee wasted $371 million over the past year. For the sixth consecutive year, Tennessee’s premier free market think tank partnered with taxpayer...

July 18, 2011 The Tennessee Center for Policy Research continues its efforts to expose the problems with corporate welfare since releasing the 2011 Tennessee Pork Report in late June. In a recent interview with WSMV Channel 4 News, TCPR president Justin Owen discusses how a company planning to relocate...

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research and TennesseeWatchdog.org want to hear from you. We are introducing a new way for citizens to report government malfeasance at the federal, state or local level. Because we rely heavily on the work of “citizen watchdogs” across the state, TCPR has...

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing short films on various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. This week TCPR unveiled the film exposing examples of politicians abusing tax dollars for their campaigns. Focusing on Vic Lineweaver’s pens, this video also reviews...

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing short films on various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. This week, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research covers Tennessee’s investment in switchgrass to convert into ethanol as a new energy source. View the video...

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research will be releasing short films on various examples of waste in the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report. Watch this week’s short film covering the commuter train that proves costly to taxpayers and the environment.