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Tennessee Pork Report Finds Record Wasteful Spending

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Each year, the non-profit Beacon Center of Tennessee puts out a report documenting fraud, waste, and abuse in local and state government spending. The Tennessee Pork Report is in its tenth year, and the Beacon Center found more questionable spending this year than in any other.

Mark Cunningham is Communications Director at the Center, he spoke with WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper about this year's report...

The 2015 Tennessee Pork Report

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.