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The state government should take the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s recommendations to clean up Tennessee’s budget woes according to a column in the Knoxville News Sentinel. The Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that 19 legislative candidates have failed to file a state-required financial disclosure form that intnends to expose potential conflicts of interest. Michael DelGiorno welcomes Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson to talk about the Bredesen Administration’s attempts to keep state Public Records away from the public on Nashville’s SuperTalk, 99.7FM, WWTN. Drew Johnson of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research smokes out hypocritical lawmakers and digs out the truth about the Governor’s underground bunker on his weekly visit with Mike Slater. Hear Drew on the Mike Slater Show every Thursday morning at 7:30am CST on the new TJ-105, 105.5FM in Jackson. Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson discusses open records and closed doors on “Let’s Talk Frank.” Listen at 5pm EST on 850AM in Knoxville, 1290AM in Oak Ridge and 1400AM in Maryville. The Nashville Scene reports on the Administration’s efforts to keep public records regarding the Governor’s Mansion “party bunker” project out of the hands of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. |
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The third-annual version of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s notorious exposé of government misuse of your money uncovers more than $260 million in waste, fraud and abuse of tax dollars. Citizens Against Government Waste again co-sponsors this must-read report.
A survey of 1,200 Tennesseans finds disapproval of the state’s public schools and a desire for more school choice options.
A report by a coalition of over 40 civil society organizations, including the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, finds the best strategy to address climate change is to remove barriers to adaptation, such as subsidies, taxes and regulations that hinder technological innovation and economic growth. |
Voters in Polk County prevented both an $11 annual wheel tax and a half cent sales tax increase by hefty margins.
Residents of Washington County defeated a proposed $50 wheel tax increase by a 71% to 29% landslide.
Cumberland County voters resoundingly squashed a wheel tax hike by a four-to-one margin. |
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