The announcement last week by U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty that he will run for a second term in 2026 reminds us that Tennesseans rarely deny a governor or U.S. senator a second term if they seek one.
Whether Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp is taking a signal from the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency or doing it because he is a conservative, any effort to slash waste in government should be applauded.
Perhaps just short of a decade ago, we recall state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, talking to newspaper editors about the necessity to educate the children of illegal immigrants.
If Greater Second Missionary Baptist Church is like most houses of worship these days, it has trouble filling pews.
The annual attempt to tie voters' hand by forcing them to register a political party affiliation, or none at all, is underway.
Federal law seems pretty clear on the matter right now, no matter what you may think of it.
Early voting for the Chattanooga city election starts next week, and Mayor Tim Kelly has made an appeal to voters to set a new record for the number voting.
The Hamilton County Commission seemed to play the authoritative parent Wednesday, offering only a "because I said so" as to why it tabled Mayor Weston Wamp's proposal to enshrine a two-term limit to the county executive's job.
If one is not careful, one might quickly misread a bill carried by state Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes, R-East Ridge, and assume she wants to force private insurance companies to cover contraceptives for their clients.
To hear those who support illegal immigration tell it, the bad eggs – the ones who are arrested or convicted of crimes in the country they have co-opted – are minuscule.
