He was considered twice for a Trump Cabinet selection and had been on his transition team. He was rumored as a Republican candidate for Tennessee governor. He is a sought-after guest on numerous daily political shows. But now, Bill Hagerty is a candidate for his second term in the United States Senate.
Earlier this week, conspiracy theorists on the left began ginning up the idea that Tennessee election officials moved the constitutional amendment votes below the vote for governor on the November ballot to solicit more "yes" votes.
Since being elected to the Tennessee state Senate in 2006, Bo Watson, R-North Chattanooga, has never had a primary opponent and has run without a general-election opponent three times.
It seems clear at this point that whatever blue surge there is in this country in next month's election won't have many tentacles in Tennessee.
People who read last week of a planned expansion of the Police Services Center probably have no idea what came before the building on Amnicola Highway, which was dedicated more than 51 years ago.
Electrical trucks were spotted heading down Interstate 59 through Alabama on Thursday as Hurricane Isaias took aim on the Gulf Coast.
A four-term Tennessee state senator, who Chattanooga area residents may remember from her bid for an open congressional seat in 2002, may be in trouble from her fellow Republicans for speaking her mind on her choice for the next governor.
A 120-acre piece of downtown property is big enough to significantly accentuate or significantly hinder the growth of a city.
We'll admit the exercise seems legally permissible, but we believe any talk about redistricting the state legislature, the Chattanooga City Council or the Hamilton County Commission is more likely a way to gin up anger and drive voters to the Democratic Party.
The decision received little fanfare when it was made recently, but one more lawsuit challenging Tennessee's congressional map, changed by the state legislature late in the spring, was dismissed.
