The state's leading research hospitals and universities are urging the state's congressional delegation to intervene.

Tennessee State University is proposing up to $13 million in staff cuts and capping scholarships for each new freshman class moving forward during the next five years.

Tennessee State University on Wednesday unveiled a financial recovery plan that would call for up to $37 million in additional cost-cutting, including more layoffs. Why it matters: Interim president Dwayne Tucker told a state panel that those cuts would help put the historically Black college on solid footing after many years of financial tumult.

TSU leaders presented a plan to repurpose $154.5 million in state funds and cut up to $37 million from the school's budget Wednesday.