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Think tank’s five-part series includes guidance for Tennessee voters ahead of 2024 municipal, state, and federal elections NASHVILLE – A new five-part voter education series released today by [...]

Interactive web-based dashboard provides county-level data across 104 indicators for all 95 counties NASHVILLE – ThinkTennessee, a nonpartisan think tank based in Nashville, today announced the [...]

Think tank deepens regional representation, policy expertise on board of directors with the addition of Tomeka Hart Wigginton, Bridgett Massengill, and Bacarra Mauldin NASHVILLE – ThinkTennessee, [...]

NASHVILLE – Tennessee has a critical shortage of housing, but voluntary zoning incentives could help lower construction costs and encourage developers to build more diverse housing, finds a new [...]

NASHVILLE – A new fact sheet released today by nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee finds that while Tennessee has one of the lowest overall tax burdens in the nation, its low-income families [...]

NASHVILLE – All cities, regardless of size or region, can be high-performing transit cities if they invest in increasing service and are committed to prioritizing transit over private vehicles, [...]

NASHVILLE – Tennesseans hold more than $50,000 in debt on average and have higher rates of distressed debt relative to the nation as a whole, finds a new policy brief released today from [...]

NASHVILLE – Tennesseans seeking to regain their voting rights previously had multiple options for restoration, but in 2023 the state updated its procedure to combine the previous options into one [...]

NASHVILLE – A new blog post and interactive map from nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee finds that while 46 of the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S. have dedicated funding for transit, two of [...]

MEMPHIS, TN – Memphis is preparing for a surge in job creation and economic investment, and its next mayor can leverage this growth to reduce household costs and increase access to opportunity by [...]