In an interview with the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Beacon Center’s Justin Owen calls for a reduced sales tax burden by cutting wasteful government spending, but at the same time warns against attempts to replace the current sales tax with a state income tax. Beacon Center of Tennessee Executive...

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 Nashville Business Journal picks up the recent TennesseeWatchdog.org story about tax credits going to Tennesseans who purchase electric cars. In the story, TennesseeWatchdog.org editor Chris Butler explains how only certain electric car manufacturers benefit, while others are left out of the mix....

Despite acknowledging that private funds could have paid for a new port on the Mississippi River in West Tennessee, local officials secured $13 million in stimulus money to pay for the project. Further, while proponents claim that large companies such as ConAgra will bring business to the area, a company...

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s Chris Butler investigates how local politicians in Roane County are spending money allocated for compensating those harmed by the December 2008 Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash spill. Elected officials in Roane County, Tenn. are using a disastrous ash...

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...