The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, partnered with Citizens Against Government Waste, exposes $260 million in waste, fraud, and abuse at all levels of Tennessee Government.Read More>>

The law to expand the controversial TNInvestco program has another State Senator saying they will vote against the bill without amendments for more transparency and a revolving door provision on TNInvestco companies for members of the Bredesen administration. The mounting head count in the Senate and continued push back in the House against the legislation comes as administration officials mustered an unusual press conference with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce leaders to show support for the amendment.Read More>>

A heavily criticized expansion to a state funded venture capital program is becoming a divisive issue in the Tennessee Republican Party, including the crowded GOP primary for the open 6th Congressional District seat.Read More>>

Government officials say they will be seeking federal assistance to help Tennessee cope with what is likely the worst flooding in the state's history.Read More>>

Tennessee Watchdog has learned that a key organization mandated by the law to aid in the selection process of venture capital firms under TNInvestco held deep misgivings last year about the lack of an “independent” board in the process used to choose the companies, including the allegation that the process had been “subjugated to political influence.”Read More>>

In a show of what could only be described as abject thuggery, elected members of the Tennessee House yelled down and ultimately bullied Associated Press reporter Erik Schelzig from the House floor's media area. Schelzig's transgression was attempting to take a picture with his cell phone of House Speaker Kent Williams who collapsed while presiding over a live session of the State House.Read More>>

The Bredesen administration - with some complicit Republican sponsors in the legislature - is trying to expand the scope of the Tennessee Small Business Investment Company Credit Act, also known as the TNInvestco program. A closer examination of the law, an amendment offered by Rep. Charles Sargent (R-Franklin) and the Bredesen administration’s process to award $120 million in tax credits under TNInvestco all suggest an agenda that is as much about doing government business with taxpayer dollars in secret as it is about creating jobs.Read More>>

Download Davidson County Chancellor Russell T. Perkins' ruling in the TNInvestco open records lawsuit by clicking this link, courtesy of Tennessee Watchdog.Read More>>

Here at Tennessee Watchdog, we believe bringing our readers primary documents from the public record is an important part of our job. Perhaps there is not a court case going on in Tennessee right now with more relevance to the future of government transparency than the suit to open the files on the TNInvestco program.Read More>>

A day after Gov. Phil Bredesen unveiled a start new budget proposal in the State of the State address, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey delivered a message that Tennessee needs to "live within its means" during his First Tuesday appearance todayRead More>>