Next Tennessee Budget Accounts For Drop In Tax And Use Collections

Tennessee Has $144 Million For Education Freedom Scholarships That Won’t Be Spent And Will Deposit An Additional $100 Million In The Budget Set To Go Into Place For July 1.

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End-Of-Session Burnout Enables East Bank Bill Passage

Delays In An East Bank Authority Bill That Pushed It Until The End Of The Tennessee Legislative Session Allowed The Measure To Pass Without Debate, Averting Potential Rancor That Could Have Derailed It.

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Pork Report: In-N-Out Subsidies, TPAC Move Are Wasteful Government Spending

Nearly $5 Million In Taxpayer Subsidies For In-N-Out Burger, $200 Million To Move The Tennessee Performing Arts Center And Large Property Tax Increases Were All Included In Beacon Center’s Annual Pork Report On Wasteful Taxpayer Spending In The State.

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Drag Queen Christmas For Nashville But No Christmas Parade

Nashville Gets “A Drag Queen Christmas” This Year Thanks To The Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) But Nashvillians Will Not Get Their Annual Christmas Parade.

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Nearly 300 TN Businesses Awarded $310M In Shuttered Venue Grants

For 299 Venues And Businesses Across Tennessee, The Federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Paid Out As Much As $10 Million Per Business.

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