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“At the state level, the amount of population growth during the 2020s will feel similar to the gains we saw last decade,” said Matt Harris, Boyd Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and co-author of the new projections. “But as the…

LeAnn Luna, a Professor of Accounting for the Department of Accounting and Information Management in the Boyd Center at UT Knoxville, explained why tax refunds may also be smaller this year than the previous year.

Larry Kessler, research associate professor at the Boyd Center and project director for the annual forecast, said higher interest rates from the tightening monetary policy by the Federal Reserve is slowing economic growth. But he said Tennessee is benefiting by…

The Nashville area unemployment rate in July was only 2.9%, the lowest among major metropolitan areas according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “The data would suggest Nashville is doing among the best in the…

Opponents of vouchers and school choice policies more generally argue that they put traditional public schools at a financial disadvantage. Critics have also noted that some of the early voucher advocates viewed them as a way to avoid racial integration.