by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 2, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
The largest waste of Tennessee taxpayer dollars last year was the state’s $10 million in eligible tax incentives for the television show 9-1-1: Nashville, a new watchdog report shows. The findings come from the Beacon Center of Tennessee’s 2025 Pork Report,...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 2, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
A poll released Monday by the Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee shows U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) with a commanding lead in the 2026 gubernatorial Republican primary. The poll, which surveyed 1,200 registered voters in Tennessee from January 11-18,...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 16, 2025 | Education, News, Tennessee, The South
A new report from the Beacon Center of Tennessee warned that the state’s K-12 education system is failing to prepare many students for today’s workforce, despite record-high graduation rates and significant investments in Career and Technical Education (CTE). The...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 6, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD
The Nashville-based Beacon Center of Tennessee published results of a poll it conducted on Monday revealing how registered Tennessee voters feel about a number of legislative issues at both the state and federal levels. The right-of-center think tank polled 1,200...
