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Mayors who are taking part in our Mayors Growing Civic Engagement project are being recognized across the state (August 9, 2019). Read about Kingsport Mayor Pat Shull and former mayor John Clark [...]

Nashville’s WSMV News Channel 4 and WTVF News Channel 5 both covered our recent Mayors Civic Engagement project (July 31, 2019). Watch the News Channel 4 clip here. Watch the News Channel 5 [...]

Jake Bynum, Chaz Molder and Ken Moore discuss their participation in ThinkTennessee‘s Mayors Growing Civic Engagement Project in an op-ed for The Tennessean (August 2, 2019). Read the full [...]

Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson and Franklin Mayor Ken Moore are both joining an effort to increase civic engagement with nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee (July 31, 2019). Read the [...]

Data and findings from the State of Our State: Voting Restoration brief covered in WPLN (July 17, 2019). Read the full story here.

Shanna Hughey speaks to the Grand Divisions Podcast about Baker v. Carr, the landmark 1962 case that led to a “reapportionment revolution” while ensuring minorities had equal [...]

Data and findings from the State of Our State: Redistricting brief used by The Daily Memphian to explore how changes in the process Tennessee uses to draw federal and state legislative districts [...]

Shanna Singh Hughey quoted on recent Supreme Court ruling’s impact on the redistricting process in the Chattanooga Times Free Press (June 27, 2019). Read the full story here

Shanna Singh Hughey and Elizabeth Gedmark’s co-authored opinion piece, More women in the workforce will keep Tennessee’s economy growing, in The Tennessean (May 17, 2019). Read the [...]

Data and findings from Think Tennessee and A Better Balance’s joint policy brief, State of Our State: Women in the Workforce, used by WBIR to investigate economic conditions for Tennessee [...]