Republican leaders have long grumbled about Tennessee State University’s leadership as multiple state audits have found student housing shortages, unsustainable scholarship increases and lingering financial discrepancies.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trustees of Tennessee’s only publicly funded historically Black university were removed Thursday under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. Black lawmakers and community leaders said state leaders, a majority of whom are white, are unfairly targeting .
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