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The 114th General Assembly adjourned on April 23rd and reconvened 12 days later (May 5th – 7th) for a special session to redraw Tennessee’s congressional district lines. Alongside [...]

Welcome to another election year! In November, Tennesseans will join voters across the country in casting ballots for congressional representation in this midterm election cycle. At the state [...]

Tennessee’s state legislature convened for the second year of the 114th General Assembly on January 13th. Nearly 1,200 new bills were introduced before last week’s bill-filing deadline, joining [...]

Sidewalks provide critical infrastructure for pedestrian mobility, and improve public health, traffic safety, and connectivity to public transit and key community destinations.[1] Sidewalks also [...]

Today marks one year until our next federal and statewide elections. Across the country, voters will head to the polls for the November 3rd midterm elections, which will include races for the [...]

Tennessee is home to several of the nation’s leading manufacturing firms, helping to make the state’s manufacturing sector the second-largest contributor to both GDP and employment. The [...]

In even-numbered years voters in every state head to the polls in a federal election to cast ballots for U.S. Congress (every two years) and for president (every four years). In Tennessee, we [...]

During this year’s legislative session, which adjourned on April 22nd, Tennessee’s General Assembly passed some key changes impacting ThinkTN’s priority issue areas, while leaving many others on [...]

On April 9th, ThinkTennessee had the privilege of convening mayors and planning staff from eight cities for a special roundtable discussion on housing and infrastructure challenges in Tennessee.  [...]

The 114th General Assembly began the first of its two-year session in February (the 3rd in the House and 10th in the Senate) after a week-long special session passing hurricane relief, [...]