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Alabama superintendent: School districts under state intervention showing improvement
Alabama State School Superintendent Eric Mackey said Thursday three school districts under state intervention were showing improvements.

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Georgia officials say new federal Medicaid rules threaten state’s partial expansion program
Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are…
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Food aid program restrictions prompt enrollment drop in Hamilton and surrounding counties
Enrollment in a federal food assistance program has dropped in Southeast Tennessee and across the state as fewer people qualify under stricter eligibility rules…

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Golladay says sermon at Rivermont Presbyterian not part of campaign
Anna Golladay, Democratic nominee in the race for Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District, posted on social media clarifying that a sermon listed on her campaign…

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QuoteWorthy: ‘A man who’s lost everything loses the hope to live’
People who had a way with words in the news last week:

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Hargis: TFP’s new year-round $10 per-month subscription benefits prep sports
From Dunlap to Dalton, Bradley County to Brainerd, and every map-dot town across the Chattanooga area, the beginning of another school year also means…

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Baylor QB Marshall Manning glad to be back on the field this season
BUFORD, Ga. — The list of high school football players who can draw attention away from Baylor School running back David Gabriel Georges is…

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Local History: Mitchell’s Gazetteer reports on Hamilton County in 1860
A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or index used to locate, identify and describe places. It contains details like businesses, populations and physical features.

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Hamilton County school board urges lawmakers to expand funding options for school security officers
Hamilton County school board members adopted a resolution Thursday urging Tennessee lawmakers to increase the funding available to districts to hire school security officers.

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Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council moves to ban bear captivity
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has passed an ordinance to ban keeping bears in captivity on the tribe's 57,000-acre Qualla Boundary in Cherokee,…
