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Policy Brief on Proposed State Budget

Policy Brief on Proposed State Budget
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today released a policy brief in response to the governor’s proposed 2010-2011 state budget. The release, titled Attaining a Balanced Budget for the State of Tennessee, applauds many of the steps taken by the governor, but calls for additional...
February 4th, 2010 | Feature, Policy | Read More

45 Ideas for a Prosperous Tennessee

45 Ideas for a Prosperous Tennessee
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today made available in electronic version its most recent publication, An Idea a Day: 45 Ideas for a Prosperous Tennessee. The pamphlet offers one innovative free market idea for each remaining legislative day of the 106th General Assembly. Each...
January 21st, 2010 | Feature, Policy | Read More

TCPR Launches OpenTennessee.org

TCPR launches new website that tracks billions in government spending By Suzanne Michel NASHVILLE – With Tennessee facing a potentially devastating budget shortfall, Tennessee citizens and elected officials need to thoroughly analyze how every tax dollar is spent. Tennesseans will now get a new, clear...
January 20th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

VIDEO: Launch of OpenTennessee.org

News Channel 4 interviewed the Tennessee Center for Policy Research to discuss OpenTennessee.org, a new transparency website that lists state government spending down to the agency, person and penny. Visit OpenTennessee.org.
January 16th, 2010 | Recent News | Read More

TCPR Evaluates Education Issues

TCPR Evaluates Education Issues
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today released a policy brief examining the education reform proposals currently sought by Governor Phil Bredesen. The governor issued a proclamation last Thursday calling a special session of the General Assembly to address certain education laws...
January 11th, 2010 | Policy | Read More

Healthcare Debate Shows Liberalism has Lost its Way

TCPR scholar Dr. Richard Grant explains how healthcare “reform” is part of a larger problem. This article originally appeared in The Tennessean. If you could choose the country of your birth, would you choose a free and prosperous republic where your neighbors would respect your right to...
January 4th, 2010 | Commentary | Read More

Constitution Keeps Us on the Straight and Narrow

This op-ed originally appeared in the December 20, 2009 issue of the Tennessean. by Dr. Richard J. Grant In Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, Ulysses knows that he, like other men, will not be able to resist the Sirens’ song and the temptation to get closer and turn his ship into the rocky shores...
December 30th, 2009 | Commentary | Read More

How the Senate Stole Healthcare

Everyone down in America Liked their healthcare a lot . . . But the Senate up in Washington Certainly did NOT! The Senate so hated healthcare that on Christmas Eve, They planned a vote to take it over—oh how naïve. Mandates and taxes, bureaucrats and handouts, These are the things that the Senate...
December 22nd, 2009 | Commentary | Read More

Climate Change “Cures” are Worse than the Illness

This editorial originally appeared in the December 13, 2009 Tennessean. Climate change “cures” are worse than the illness by Drew Johnson Copenhagen is a name that usually congers images of a busting European financial capital or a mighty fine smokeless tobacco, depending on whether you have a can...
December 16th, 2009 | Commentary | Read More

Federal Medicaid Expansion would Wreak Havoc on Tennessee

By Justin Owen NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today sent a brief to state lawmakers outlining the potential costs the proposed healthcare reform bills in Congress will have on the state. Both the House and Senate bills expand Medicaid eligibility, potentially devastating Tennessee’s...
December 3rd, 2009 | Policy | Read More

Government Intrusion is Not The American Way

TCPR scholar Dr. Richard Grant refutes the anti-free market sentiment of Washington. This op-ed originally appeared in the November 29, 2009 Tennessean. by Dr. Richard J. Grant When talking to Canadians about the drawbacks of their universal health-care system, I often hear, “But I sure don’t...
November 29th, 2009 | Commentary | Read More

Veiled Government is Tennessee’s Dirty Little Secret

By Drew Johnson Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone. There’s truth to the rhyme we learned as children when it comes to the secrets kept by government in Tennessee. As a consequence of inadequate government transparency regulations, the Volunteer State has one of the most secretive...
November 24th, 2009 | Commentary | Read More

Potential Fallout of UPS-FedEx Unionization Battle

Potential Fallout of UPS-FedEx Unionization Battle
NASHVILLE – Shipping giant United Parcel Service (UPS) is fighting hard to change the rules around how its chief competitor, FedEx, does business. FedEx is one of Tennessee’s largest employers and taxpayers, so the move could not only impact the company but the entire state of Tennessee. The Tennessee...
November 19th, 2009 | Feature, Policy | Read More

Possible Charter School Expansion Coming to Nashville

According to a story in the Nashville City Paper, six groups have applied to establish charter schools in Metro Nashville. This is the first round of applications since the state legislature changed the charter school laws to allow for more students and more schools. Metro currently has just five charter...
November 6th, 2009 | Recent News | Read More

K-12 Education Tax Credits Give Students Chance to Succeed

TCPR policy intern Rebecca Wright proposes using education tax credits, an idea already implemented in several states but new to Tennessee, as a way to give children and their parents more educational options. This article originally appeared in the Chattanoogan. by Rebecca Wright Imagine that you walk...
November 5th, 2009 | Commentary | Read More

Drunk with Power

Drunk with Power
As lawmakers get ready for another legislative session beginning in January, the issue of wine in grocery stores is heating up. Earlier this year, TCPR released Drunk with Power: How Liquor Lobbyists and Distributors Control Tennessee’s Wine Laws. You can view the publication here. TCRP recently sat...
October 29th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

Clement Landport a Waste of Time & Money says TCPR

TCPR fall Intern Daniel Robbins writes that transportation officials and politicians need to consider the burden of such projects on taxpayers before deciding upon any further “investments in the future” built on false promises instead of consumer demand. This article originally appeared in the Nashville...
October 21st, 2009 | Commentary | Read More
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