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  • Will Buchanan County spend millions to keep Grundy’s law school here?

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📰 News we're reading

• Buchanan County Board of Supervisors to dig into financials of Appalachian School of Law (wjhl.com) — County leaders in Grundy are scrutinizing the Appalachian School of Law’s finances and governance, weighing whether to invest up to $2.3 million to keep it open and in town. Officials say losing the school or seeing it move would gut downtown Grundy’s economy, while a former professor argues the rural location has long made the law school financially unsustainable.
   

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