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WBIR-TV examines Beacon’s education funding study 22 Aug 2013 | 06:23 pm
WBIR-TV, Knoxville’s NBC affiliate, welcomes Beacon CEO Justin Owen live in studio to discuss the new findings in “Following the Money.” Watch the full interview here. Related posts: Fox17 takes a l...
NewsChannel 9 reports on Beacon’s new education study 21 Aug 2013 | 02:11 am
NewsChannel 9 in Chattanooga takes an in-depth look at Beacon’s newest study on education spending in Tennessee, getting the take of taxpayers and even a Hamilton County school board member. Watch the...
Fox17 takes a look at Beacon’s new education funding report 21 Aug 2013 | 02:08 am
The Nashville Fox affiliate sits down with Beacon CEO Justin Owen to discuss the findings in “Following the Money: A Tennessee Education Spending Primer.” Watch the interview here. Related posts: WB...
Following the Money: A Tennessee Education Spending Primer 19 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Beacon Center report analyzes how many tax dollars go into the classroom NASHVILLE – A new study released today analyzes taxpayer spending on public education in Tennessee. In the study, the Beacon C...
ECD defends film incentives, calls Beacon criticisms “way off base” 16 Aug 2013 | 11:54 pm
In a new story by Tennessee Watchdog, a former project of Beacon that is now an independent website, the state Department of Community Development calls Beacon’s criticisms of $12.5 million in film in...
Cronyism: A Tennessee Love Story 3 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am
Beacon CEO Justin Owen pens a guest article at the new blog, Tennessee Brush Fires, about the pitfalls of corporate welfare. Here’s an excerpt. Since 2005, Tennessee governments have handed over $1.7...
Corporate Welfare PoliGraphic 31 Jul 2013 | 11:23 pm
Today, the Beacon Center of Tennessee published a new “PoliGraphic,” a policy infographic outlining some of the most massive corporate welfare deals in Tennessee over the past decade. The PoliGraphic ...
Pork Report gets media coverage far and wide 28 Jun 2013 | 09:48 pm
The 2013 Tennessee Pork Report was released earlier this week, and already numerous TV, radio, and newspaper reporters have covered Beacon’s findings. Below is a run-down of the recent media coverage ...
TN Pork Report Unearths Half-a-Billion Dollars in Government Waste 26 Jun 2013 | 11:15 pm
NASHVILLE – The Beacon Center of Tennessee today released its eighth annual Tennessee Pork Report, exposing more than $511 million squandered by state and local governments over the past year. The ann...
Unions have lost workers’ trust 25 Jun 2013 | 09:06 pm
The article below appeared in Tuesday’s Tennessean in celebration of National Employee Freedom Week, which seeks to educate workers across the nation about their rights when it comes to union membersh...
