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Judge upholds Georgia law creating prosecutor oversight panel
A Fulton County, Georgia, Superior Court judge has upheld a Republican-backed committee dedicated to overseeing and disciplining "rogue" prosecutors, striking down a bipartisan challenge to the law from 2024.
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Marsha Blackburn won’t say if she would debate opponents in GOP governor’s race
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a candidate in Tennessee's Republican primary for governor, wouldn't answer if she would accept an invitation for a debate against her primary opponents.
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Tennessee’s largest inclusive playground opens in Grundy County
Miracle on the Mountain park unveiled
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Dueling yards signs by GOP candidates claim ‘liberal’ votes and ‘dirty politics’
A normally uncontentious race for a seat on the Executive Committee of the Tennessee Republican Party has intensified after challenger Derek Greene and incumbent David Queen put up dueling yard signs in Hamilton County this week.
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Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp running for second term, wants to continue working on school projects
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp is looking to complete his long-term projects in a second term and then step back, he said in an interview.
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Mark Herndon running to bring more transparency, education funding to Hamilton County
Mark Herndon is running for mayor to bring residents of Hamilton County into the everyday decisions of government, he said in an interview.
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Georgia board passes rule seeking access to secretary of state’s election night ‘bunker’
Georgia's State Election Board has passed a rule aimed at granting board members access to the secretary of state's election night hub, defying a warning from the Attorney General's Office that such a rule would exceed the board's authority.
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‘How hard am I going to crack down on China? Well, here’s a clue.’ Notable quotes from a week of Chattanooga area news
People who had a way with words in the news last week.
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Local History: Pvt. Sam Watkins’s brutally honest Civil War account
Sam Watkins was a young Confederate private from Tennessee whose vivid memoir of serving in the 1st Tennessee Regiment gives one of the best firsthand accounts of what it was like to fight at Chickamauga and other Civil War battles.
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Toni Says: Medicare doesn’t cover everything
Hello Toni, My wife's friend told her that she is receiving a free gym membership from the Medicare supplement Plan G that she is enrolled in. The Medicare supplement that we have does not include a gym membership.