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<title>2008 Tennessee Pork Report</title>
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<description><![CDATA[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. 
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<title>Survey: Tennessee's Opinion on K-12 Education and School Choice</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:22:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A survey of 1,200 Tennesseans finds disapproval of the state's public schools and a desire for more school choice options. ]]></description>
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<title>Civil Society Report on Climate Change</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:34:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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<title>Violating Tennessee's Open Meetings Law Appears to be Business as Usual for the City of Franklin</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:35:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Secret meetings and undercover email exchanges seem to be all in a day's work for many of Franklin's elected officials. ]]></description>
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<title>2007 Tennessee Pork Report</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:12:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Center for Policy Research and Citizens Against Government Waste uncover more than $125 million in wasted state and local tax dollars. ]]></description>
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<title>How Business-Friendly Are Tennessee's Cities?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:35:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For 2007, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research ranks the 50 largest cities in the state on four key factors for business success. See which of Tennessee's cities are business-friendly and which are not.]]></description>
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<title>2006 Tennessee Pork Report</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 10:42:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Center for Policy Research and Citizens Against Government Waste find over $240 million in waste, fraud and abuse of your tax dollars by the Tennessee State Government.]]></description>
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<title>The Planning Penalty</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:34:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Restrictive land-use regulations may cause housing prices to soar in Tennessee according to a new report by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

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<title>How Business-Friendly Are Tennessee's Cities?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:28:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Center for Policy Research ranks the 50 largest cities in the state on four key factors for business success. See which of Tennessee's cities are business-friendly and which are not.]]></description>
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<title>Influence from the Inside: An Investigation into the Prevalence of Lobbyists on Tennessee's State Boards and Commissions</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:53:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2004, 57 lobbyists - many with direct conflicts of interest - filled 72 seats on 47 different state boards. One out of every 12 lobbyists sat on a state board last year while only one out of every 2,653 Tennesseans who are not registered as lobbyists served on a board.]]></description>
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