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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 4, 2020) – The Senate State and Local Government Committee, in today’s afternoon session, rejected a bill that would have temporarily expanded absentee voting for the [...]

NASHVILLE – Experts from across the country and the political spectrum joined ThinkTennessee and over 100 participants today to discuss how Covid-19 is impacting this year’s elections and to [...]

NASHVILLE (March 6, 2020) – ThinkTennessee, Athens City Manager C. Seth Sumner and Mayors Ken Moore (Franklin) and Chaz Molder (Columbia) will share their efforts to grow local civic engagement [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 13, 2020) – Tennessee’s overall economy is strong, but our state’s working families face financial challenges, and our once-historic leadership on civic engagement needs [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 13, 2020) – Tennessee’s overall economy is strong, but our state’s working families face financial challenges, and our once-historic leadership on civic engagement needs [...]

NASHVILLE (January 9, 2020) – Tennessee has consistently trailed most other states in voter registration and turnout, but a new report from ThinkTennessee shows how a group of Tennessee mayors [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 24, 2019) – Five members of the Tennessee Mayors Growing Civic Engagement project are joining with ThinkTennessee and state and local leaders from across the country [...]

NASHVILLE (July 31, 2019) – Tennesseans once led the way on civic engagement, but today our citizens vote far less regularly than most Americans. Voter turnout in Tennessee consistently ranks [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 27, 2019) – A new policy brief released today by nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee finds that even small changes to the process Tennessee uses to draw its federal and [...]

Nashville, Tenn. (May 14, 2019) – Over 40% of female-headed families in Tennessee live in poverty. Despite some initial steps to address this problem, the 2019 legislative session has concluded [...]