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By Brandon Burley

By The Redemption Project Newsroom

By The Redemption Project Newsroom

A state budget does not end the public’s job. It begins it.

Growth is not just a population story. It is a budget story. When Tennessee grows, the pressure shows up in housing, jobs, roads, utilities, schools, health car…

Seventh article in the numbers series

Public safety is one of the most common phrases in politics and one of the least precise. Tennessee’s budget record shows why that matters.

Rural health is one of the clearest parts of Tennessee’s budget to watch because the consequences are not abstract. They show up in drive times, emergency rooms…

By The Redemption Project Newsroom

Yesterday, you saw the newsroom put out this article: “Federal license plate reader proposal reopens debate over public safety, privacy and local control”, here…