$1B for rural health care coming to Tennessee
Tennessee will have $1 billion to spend across dozens of its rural counties during the next five years as part of funding made available through the Rural Health Transformation Program.
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Mid-South public universities join forces for AI research
Four Mid-South universities have formed a partnership to advance artificial intelligence research, workforce development and innovation in the region.
Tennessee passes $58B budget
Tennessee’s $58 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 passed both the House and Senate on Thursday, April 16, with big money included for school vouchers, law enforcement and $1 million for a state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
U of M, Ole Miss and others team up for new AI consortium
The University of Memphis, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and two other regional universities are creating an AI research consortium.
The Early Word: Kleiman talks, and voucher expansion comes with a cost
Four local and regional universities are coming together to research AI.
Can a new approach convince people to put the guns down?
Lost in the headlines of the Memphis Safe Task Force and accompanying National Guard deployment, the city quietly reorganized its gun violence intervention program.
The Early Word: Doctor shortage may be coming; WWII hero gets a degree
Tennessee could be short anywhere from around 3,900 to 6,000 physicians by the 2030s, according to a couple of different studies.
Tennessee faces a physician shortage of 3,900 by 2035. How do local medical leaders think we can fix it?
Dr. Michael Hocker recently presided over one of his favorite responsibilities as dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine: Match Day, where more than 100 students found out where they were continuing their medical studies.