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A $2.5 million bequest from the estate of economist James M. Buchanan to the Middle Tennessee State University Honors College was announced today (May 9) in special ceremonies outside the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building.

Buchanan family member Jeff Whorley of Indianapolis, Ind., made the formal gift announcement to MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, Honors College Dean John Vile, invited guests, the campus community and alumni and friends of the university.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  Goodwill’s Career Solutions division is hosting 30 job fairs across Tennessee this week, including one in Rutherford County.

Goodwill’s Career Solutions center in Murfreesboro will host eleven companies Friday beginning at 9 a.m. at their offices on Memorial Blvd.

Companies participating include Verizon, Abacus Staffing, Metro Industrial, and Centaur Building Services among others. The businesses are looking to fill more than 150 positions.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  A new study says Middle Tennessee’s non-profit sector is t and contributes, directly or indirectly, nearly $21 billion each year to the local economy each year.

The study was conducted by the Business and Economic Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University for Nashville’s Center for Non-Profit Management.

Dr. Murat Arik, the report's author, says that about one-in-four Middle Tennessee residents are employed in the non-profit sector.

WASHINGTON (AP/WMOT) — The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could end tax-free shopping on the Internet for many shoppers. Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander is a prime sponsor of the measure.

The bill now goes to the House where it faces opposition from some lawmakers who regard it as a tax increase.

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT)  --  Amazon is hiring again here in Tennessee.

The online retail giant announced this past week that it’s taking applications at its Lebanon, Chattanooga, and Murfreesboro fulfillment centers.

The Murfreesboro facility is a million-square-foot warehouse that employees more than a thousand workers.

The open jobs are hourly positions picking and packing customer orders.

Applications are being taken online at workatamazonfulfillment.com.