ThinkTennessee

Publications

• Thriving State, Strained Households: Tennesseans Face Rising Costs Despite Economic Boom

  • September 1, 2025
  • ThinkTennessee

• THINKTENNESSEE RELEASES 2025 STATE OF OUR STATE DASHBOARD

  • March 25, 2025
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Carly Duckett
  Budgets Federal funds for state and local governments Healthcare Public Services and Employment Worker, Racial, and Gender Justice

• ThinkTN Bill Tracker: Legislation Related to Supporting Working Families and Strengthening Democracy

  • March 10, 2025
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Dawn Schluckebier
  Children and Families Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave

• The Early Years: Investing in Childcare Will Help Families and Our Economy

  • February 28, 2025
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Matthew Kenny and Amy Gore
  Children and Families

• Housing Resources Guide for Faith-Based Institutions in Tennessee

  • July 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Holland & Knight Law Firm, the Urban League of Middle Tennessee’s Real Estate Development (R.E.D.) Academy, and ThinkTennessee
  Housing

• State of Our Counties | Think Tennessee

  • July 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
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• State of Our State | Think Tennessee

  • July 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
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• Voting in Tennessee in 2024

  • May 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Dawn Schluckebier, Alex Brown
  Democracy

• Tennessee Cities Have a New Housing Tool

  • May 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Adrianne Harris
  Housing

• Tennessee is a low-tax state; however, working families are paying more than their fair share.

  • April 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Amy Gore, Matthew Kenny
  Budgets and Taxes

• Investments Today Matter Tomorrow: Transit Lessons from Other Metro Areas

  • March 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Erin Hafkenschiel, Amy Gore
  Infrastructure

• What We’re Watching In the 2024 Legislative Session

  • February 8, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Carly Porter
  Public Services, Budgets, and Economic Development

• Tennessee is the only state to require absentee ballotts be received by mail by the close of polls on election day

  • February 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • ThinkTennessee
  Democracy

• Tennessee’s Voting Rights Restoration Process is Overly Complicated.

  • January 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Dawn Schluckebier, Alex Brown
  Democracy

• Tennesseans hold too much distressed debt

  • January 1, 2024
  • ThinkTennessee
  • Amy Gore, Rena Liu

• Paid Family Leave is Good Business for Tennessee

  • April 5, 2023
  • ThinkTennessee

  Paid family leave allows working families to care for a new child without risking their financial security. Because Tennessee state employees do not have dedicated paid family leave, those who […]