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Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Passengers load onto a CARTA bus Oct 13. The proposed Hamilton County budget for fiscal year 2024-25 cuts all funding to CARTA.
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Passengers load onto a CARTA bus Oct 13. The proposed Hamilton County budget for fiscal year 2024-25 cuts all funding to CARTA. Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Passengers load onto a CARTA bus Oct 13. The proposed Hamilton County budget for fiscal year 2024-25 cuts all funding to CARTA.


People who had a way with words in the news last week:

“I don’t think it’s the marijuana Willie (Nelson) was smoking.”

— Rep. Patsy Hazlewood, R-Signal Mountain, on the access to stronger marijuana as lawmakers react to the drug’s federal reclassification.

“The A and the R in CARTA stands for ‘Area Regional.’ It was never meant to just be funded by the city of Chattanooga.”