When race was brought into the mix in the Chattanooga City Council's discussion of the fiscal 2026 budget last week, it poisoned the waters. As it nearly always does.
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It's an argument that is unlikely to be resolved to everyone's satisfaction.
When Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced his latest Education Freedom Scholarship proposal last fall, it included a $2,000 bonus for public school teachers.
A new Beacon Poll finds most Tennessee respondents want to expand Gov. Bill Lee's Education Freedom Scholarships, support the recent United States Supreme Court ruling upholding the ban on medical treatments on transgender minors, and want to limit or ban property taxes.
If he could do it, they could do it.
Nine of the 10 Hamilton County commissioners who have filed their mandated 2025 mid-year campaign finance reports have raised a total of $2,619.40 from sources other than themselves.
Potential automotive workers probably shouldn't start lining up in front of Volkswagen yet, but just a mention in a German automotive publication of a possible Audi production plant here — not the first time such a hint was dropped, according to Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp — is exciting news.
When Bill Lee first ran for Tennessee governor in 2018, he toured the state for parts of two years and had a story to tell.
The nearly 75-year-old Elbert S. Long School building, which most recently housed Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts (CSLA), is nearly just a memory as its demolition at the corner of East Brainerd and Vance roads is nearly complete.
