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Can’t qualify for long-term care due to health issues. What do I do?
Recently, you wrote a Medicare column about various life policies available after 65, and I have a retirement insurance question.

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ICE separated nursing mom from infant, toddler in Nashville, against its own rules, advocates say
A group of human rights organizations is seeking the immediate release of a breastfeeding mother with a pending asylum claim who was detained in…

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Chattanooga officials hopeful about local control of Times Free Press
The only people Tim Kelly wanted to meet with but was never able to get a meeting with since becoming mayor of Chattanooga were…

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Suspended Georgia lawmaker pleads guilty to pandemic unemployment fraud
A suspended state lawmaker pleaded guilty to unemployment fraud, the third in a series of Georgia Democrats to do so.
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Attempted murder charges dropped for Harrison man accused of shooting at family in snow
Prosecutors and defense agreed to drop charges, including counts for attempted murder, against a Harrison man accused of shooting at a family, including a…

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Nashville water utility considers disciplinary action against assistant director under federal investigation
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Country music singer Rodney Atkins to headline Hamilton County Fair
Country music singer Rodney Atkins is set to headline this year's Hamilton County Fair.

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Hamilton County felony convictions nearly double from 2020 to 2025
Felony conviction rates have nearly doubled in Hamilton County since 2020, according to data compiled by the Tennessee Department of Correction.

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Walker County accepting bids for half-acre of land in Rossville
After taking inventory, Walker County disclosed they own around two dozen parcels of land, the majority of which were gifted, according to a press…

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Shriner pirates ride their ship through Chattanooga’s high seas
Voo Doo Tom, known in his civilian life as Thomas Wilson, spent 45 years in Chattanooga driving tractor-trailers for Simmons Fred Trucking, Watkins and…
