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Report Finds Tennessee’s Redistricting Process Should Include New Opportunities for Public Engagement Think tank’s new series details state’s redistricting laws, suggests once-in-a-decade [...]

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee General Assembly tonight passed an amendment to HB1130/SB868 that creates a new legal process for constitutional challenges to state laws. Seen for the first time in [...]

Tennesseans Oppose Government Penalties that Worsen Families’ Financial Hardship  New Survey of Tennessee Voters Finds Support Across Party Lines for Medical, Student and Court Debt Reform   [...]

Report Finds Economic Distress Increasing for Tennessee Families State’s low-income, women and residents of color hit hardest financially NASHVILLE, Tenn. (December 22, 2020) – Two in five (43%) [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 22, 2020) – Six members of the bipartisan Tennessee Mayors Growing Civic Engagement (TMGCE) cohort are joining with ThinkTennessee and state and local leaders from [...]

NASHVILLE, TN – The U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration held a hearing today about 2020 general election preparations. Witnesses included Secretary of State Tre Hargett.   “Any time [...]

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 [...]