Archive for the ‘Policy’ Category

Watchdog Groups Unveil $260 Million in Government Waste

Watchdog Groups Unveil $260 Million in Government Waste
NASHVILLE  – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today released the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report, exposing $260 million in waste, fraud, and abuse at all levels of Tennessee government. Tennessee’s free market think tank partnered with Citizens Against Government Waste, the nation’s leading...
June 29th, 2010 | Feature, Policy | Read More

Public Transit Proves Costly to Taxpayers and the Environment

Public Transit 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...
June 3rd, 2010 | Feature, Policy | Read More

Paving the Way for True Education Reform in Memphis

Paving the Way for True Education Reform in Memphis
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research released a policy brief today encouraging the enactment of a parental choice scholarship program to benefit low-income families in Memphis. Senator Brian Kelsey (R – Germantown) has filed a bill that would provide students at three failing schools...
March 30th, 2010 | Feature, Policy | Read More

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 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

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

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

5 Innovative Healthcare Solutions For Tennessee

By Justin Owen The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today released a brief titled Implementing State-Based Healthcare Reform in Tennessee. The brief offers five solutions to reducing the costs of and expanding access to insurance for Tennesseans. You can review the brief by clicking here.
September 30th, 2009 | Policy | Read More

The Dangerous Cycle of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying

The Dangerous Cycle of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research today released a report exposing that local governments in the state have spent $5.3 million on high-profile lobbyists to influence the state and federal government. The report, titled The Dangerous Cycle of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying, looks at lobbying expenditures...
September 17th, 2009 | Feature, Policy | Read More

Analysis: President Obama’s Healthcare Speech

By Justin Owen Based on a compilation of independent sources, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has analyzed President Obama’s September 9th speech to a joint session of Congress outlining his new healthcare plan. Click here for the analysis.
September 13th, 2009 | Policy | Read More

TCPR Report on the Judicial Nominating Commission

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research has compiled information on the candidates for the newly-formed Judicial Nominating Commission. The Speaker of the House and Lieutenant Governor will select the seventeen-member commission from this slate of candidates in the coming weeks. When there...
August 13th, 2009 | Policy | Read More

Tax Policy Gives TN Edge of MO

SAINT LOUIS — A report co-released today by the Show-Me Institute and the Tennessee Center for Policy Research finds that Tennessee has surpassed Missouri in both population and gross domestic product, and contends that a friendlier tax environment may be the reason for such growth. The case study,...
August 5th, 2009 | Policy | Read More

Belly Up to the Trough

Legislative reception expenses top $400K during 2009 session By Clint Brewer Business interests and even departments of state government spent big dollars wining and dining members of the Tennessee General Assembly during the 2009 legislative session. Despite a recession and record unemployment, more...
July 20th, 2009 | Policy | Read More

Are Legislators Conflicted with Insurance Industry?

Proposed tax credit involves investment firm tied to numerous national insurance companies linked to some legislators’ own businesses. By Clint Brewer A bi-partisan piece of legislation in the Tennessee General Assembly stands to benefit some of the nation’s largest insurance companies with substantial...
June 9th, 2009 | Policy | Read More

National Guard Checkpoint

MP exercise with Whiteville Police initially canceled by public affairs office. By Clint Brewer Policy Brief No. 04-09 The Tennessee National Guard cancelled one of its military police company’s participation in a local police seat belt checkpoint a day before it was scheduled over concerns about the...
May 13th, 2009 | Policy | Read More

The Billion-Dollar Bonanza

A set of bond bills for public and private projects in this year’s state budget total well over $1.1 billion in cost. Not that anyone is talking about it. By Clint Brewer Though it has been sparingly addressed in the chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly this session, the proposed state budget...
May 3rd, 2009 | Policy | Read More
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