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...

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...

Recently, Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Justin Owen sat down with the Heartland Institute to discuss the problems with mass transit, including Nashville’s Music City Star. Listen to the entire podcast by clicking here.

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....

In his monthly column in the Nashville City Paper, Tennessee Center for Policy Research president Justin Owen cautions against spending billions of dollars to build a high-speed rail line between Nashville and Atlanta. by Justin Owen You can always tell when people really want something by their willingness...

Tennessee Center for Policy Research investigative reporter Chris Butler talks to several East Tennessee business owners who are suffering as a direct result of the federal stimulus bill. Read the story, Stimulus money carries big costs for Tennessee business owners, at TennesseeWatchdog.org.

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.

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today released a policy report in conjunction with transportation expert Randal O’Toole. The report, titled Tackling Public Transit in Tennessee, affirms that Tennessee’s public transit system has provided little in the way of cost or environmental...

The Main St. Journal recently posted to their website the policy report, Tackling Public Transit in Tennessee written by Randal O’Toole and published by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. The report explains the heavily subsidized public transportation system in Tennessee and offers solutions...