Publisher: Daily Memphian


How $300M in state funding for UTHSC will become ‘a beacon of hope’ for regional healthcare

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center recently received welcome news — more than $300 million from the state for a new College of Medicine.


$1B for rural health care coming to Tennessee

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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.


Mid-South public universities join forces for AI research

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Four Mid-South universities have formed a partnership to advance artificial intelligence research, workforce development and innovation in the region.


Tennessee passes $58B budget

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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

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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

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Four local and regional universities are coming together to research AI.


Can a new approach convince people to put the guns down?

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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

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Tennessee could be short anywhere from around 3,900 to 6,000 physicians by the 2030s, according to a couple of different studies.