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Tennessee faces estimated $220M in extra SNAP costs under new federal rules
Tennessee may have to carve out an additional $220 million from its budget next year to continue funding the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed more of the program's costs to states.
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Walnut Street Bridge’s $52M restoration is more than skin-deep
New paint, new wood and new steel are just some of the improvements resulting from the 18-month closure of the Walnut Street Bridge.
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Hamilton Place, and its giant owner, ride nationwide rebound for malls
Chattanooga-based CBL is among nation’s largest mall operators
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Hamilton County schools bet on quantum future, starting in kindergarten
Years before kindergartners in Hamilton County Schools can understand the concept of quantum computing or the physics that make it possible, they must first learn something just as foreign to a 5-year-old: that the world's tiniest pieces don't always behave the way the world around them does.
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Brainerd Golf Course celebrates 100 years with tourney, memories
Richard Keene hasn't been playing at Brainerd Golf Course since it opened 100 years ago. It just seems like it.
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Georgia no. 1, Tennessee third in business magazine rankings
For the 13th straight year, Area Development magazine has put Georgia atop of its 2026 list of top states for doing business. Tennessee came in at No. 3 on the list, just behind Texas.
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Chattanooga’s Walnut Street Bridge reopens after 18-month restoration
Even a downpour could not stop Chattanooga from celebrating the long-awaited reopening of the Walnut Street Bridge.
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With Ogles out of the way, Hatcher and Molder face off in Tennessee’s 5th District
Charlie Hatcher and Chaz Molder both started running for Congress to get rid of incumbent U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles.
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Across the country, youth prisons are closing. This state is building more.
Across the country, states have been shuttering their youth prisons as juvenile crime has plummeted and research shows the facilities are not effective at keeping youth out of trouble after release. From 2000 to 2022, the number of the highest-security facilities for kids has dropped by more than 40%, the most recent federal data shows.
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After a fight for equality in the 1980s, Chattanooga civil rights activists prepare for new effort
Afternoon light slipped through the curtains of a dimly lit room on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Chattanooga. Black residents, clergy members and activists gathered in early May to organize opposition to Tennessee state lawmakers' congressional redistricting effort, aimed at eliminating the last Democratic-held seat in the state.
