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UT System wants 71K students, but looming 'enrollment cliff' means fewer high school grads
The University of Tennessee is preparing for a possible decline in high school graduates who want to attend college, a potential problem for a university system aiming to enroll 71,000 students across all its campuses by 2030. Experts are calling this an "enrollment cliff" in which both the number of high school graduates...
TN commission recommends using tax revenues to encourage local governments adopt rules that spur housing development
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In late May, a state commission tasked with studying the factors behind housing affordability released its findings. In its report, the commission recommended the state start working with local governments to change zoning rules and open up areas where developers could build more homes. The Tennessee...
Mosquito season is here — more than a third of states have detected West Nile virus
Nine cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed so far this year, as disease experts say the virus appears to be circulating more than usual for this time of summer. As of June 25, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed human cases in at least seven states: Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi and Tennessee. At least 18 states have detected the virus this year in humans, mosquitoes, birds or other animals.
THED Announces Increase in College-Going Rate for the Class of 2023
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced significant momentum today in increasing the state’s college-going rate, highlighted by a 2.4 percentage point increase for the class of 2023 over the class of 2022. The state’s 56.7% college-going rate for the class of 2023 represents the largest year-over-year increase since...
Tennessee courts will look to put filings online
(The Center Square) – Tennessee’s Advisory Commission on Rules of Practice and Procedure decided to start a committee looking into rules to make court briefs available online moving forward. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Dwight Tarwater will chair the committee, which will include commission Chairman Gino Bulso, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Tom Greenholtz, former […]
The week in politics: Centrists 'drowned out' in current GOP, former state senator says
A rare group in Tennessee politics met Tuesday night in a Nashville country club ballroom: Centrist conservatives and "Never-Trump" Republicans gathered in support of Principles First, a nonprofit group founded in 2019 as an alternative to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Former Tennessee state Sen. Steve Dickerson, R-Nashville, introduced a...
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