Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is sharply criticizing President Joe Biden's new executive orders regarding employers and federal workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
With just 1,701 Hamilton Countians having cast early ballots through Saturday in the Sept. 14 special Tennessee House District 29 general election, Republican hopeful Greg Vital is looking to gin up more interest in the contest with a Tuesday appearance by Gov. Bill Lee.
Dozens of frustrated hospital chief medical and chief nursing officers have issued a public plea to Tennesseans, warning their emergency rooms and intensive care units face becoming overwhelmed in the latest COVID-19 surge.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and legislative leaders are weighing using $100 million in federal funds to boost medical staff at dozens of nearly overwhelmed acute care hospitals now under assault by one of the nation's steepest rises in COVID-19 infection rates and resulting hospitalizations stressing the state's intensive care units.
Hamilton County Democrat DeAngelo Jelks, who is running in the Sept. 14 Tennessee House District 29 special election, won his first political office over the weekend when Hamilton County Democratic Party members elected him as their new vice chairman.
Early voting in Hamilton County's special state House District 29 election to replace the late Rep. Mike Carter, R-Ooltewah, got off to a sluggish start last week.
State Rep. Robin Smith is asking Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery for a legal opinion as to whether employers can require their workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
Sen. Bill Hagerty accused the president of 'hiding from his duty and shirking responsibility'
Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Barry Steelman has presided over criminal trials in Chattanooga for nearly a quarter century.
Early voting begins Wednesday in the Tennessee House District 29 special election in which Republican Greg Vital and Democrat DeAngelo Jelks are squaring off in the GOP-leaning district that includes Collegedale and Ooltewah.
