TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 25, 2022

After two lawsuits were filed, Tennessee has decided to release a $1.5 million taxpayer-funded report detailing recommendations on improving “government effeciencies,” the Tennessean reports. Private contractor Thomas Wesley filed suit against the Tennessee Department of Human Resources in December, followed by a second suit this month from Nashville Post parent company FW Publishing and reporter Stephen Elliott. The state’s decision to release the report, created by consulting firm McKinsey & Co., was made days before a show cause hearing was set in Wesley’s case. The hearing was canceled after the attorney general’s office said it planned to “grant public access” to the record. A show cause hearing in the Nashville Post’s suit, which was broader in scope, was still scheduled for this afternoon.