Responding to Democratic concerns about income inequality from American capitalism and Republican opposition to greater immigration and international trade from a free market trading system, conservative economist Peter Boettke will highlight the virtues of capitalism and free trade during the annual Burkett Miller lecture at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday night.
Lynda LeVan and Sarah Wilkerson have been named to key executive roles with the local nonprofit Partnership for Families, Children and Adults. LeVan is joining the agency as the new director of grant strategy and compliance while Wilkerson has been promoted to director of human resources.
Federal utility wants to curb growth with renewed focus on energy efficiency
UT study to consider pathways for clean energy economy
Inflation-wary consumers will get a bit of a reprieve next month in their household heating bills when the Tennessee Valley Authority lowers its fuel cost adjustment in March, cutting the price of electricity in Chattanooga by 6% from the current rate.
In the second-highest residential sale ever in the Chattanooga area, an Arizona couple has purchased a waterfront home in Ooltewah for $6.35 million in the latest instance of out-of-state residents buying into Chattanooga.
A Volkswagen supplier is closing its Chattanooga facility and will lay off 156 workers within the next three months, according to a layoff notice the company filed with the state last week.
Tennessee consumers pay the second highest tax of any state in the country on what they buy, but Gov. Bill Lee wants to provide a bit more tax relief this year, at least for grocery shoppers.
Lee plans $50 million nuclear fast-track fund
U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. on Thursday reported a bigger-than-expected loss of $11.2 million in its fourth quarter, but company CEO Eric Fuller said a realignment of the company's truckload has been completed and should boost profits as the market improves.
