BMC president speaks of college's changes

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - The president of Blue Mountain College says the school will roll out its first fully online degree program in May.

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports (http://bit.ly/13dTKX3) that BMC leader Barbara McMillin told a civic club in Tupelo that the 2-year program will allow students to graduate in business and could

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Kyle wants GOP Senate caucus meetings open

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A top Democratic leader is calling on Republicans in the state Senate to make their caucus meetings public.

Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis wants the Open Meetings Act to apply to the Senate.

During the first day of session on Tuesday, Kyle made a motion to amend Senate rules to apply the act, but he withdrew the

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Grant to aid traumatized children in foster care

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received a federal grant to provide services for foster children.

Many children have been traumatized before they are placed with a foster family, and the $1.4 million grant will help provide more effective assistance to them.

The Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities

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Hill brothers first to serve together in House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee House for the first time has two brothers serving at the same time.

Freshman Rep. Timothy Hill of Blountville on Tuesday joined his brother and fellow Republican Rep. Matthew Hill of Jonesborough in the lower chamber of the General Assembly.

Tennessee State Library and Archives research found rare occasions of

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Memphis mulls half-cent tax raise

Memphis mulls half-cent tax raise
Memphis mulls half-cent tax raise
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Stop if you have heard this before. The city of Memphis sales tax could be going up.

Sound familiar? It should.

Voters shot down a Shelby County-wide sales tax option during the November 2012 election, but city council might try a "Memphis only" hike.

The issue was discussed Tuesday when the council met for the first

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