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Alabama union membership declines amid aging workforce, outsourcing
Alabama's union membership declined last year amid a broader decline of the workforce, the aging of union members and outsourcing.

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Report: Georgia continues to rank near the bottom of nation on worker’s rights
Georgia has made modest gains, but remains one of the worst states to be a worker in 2026, according to a new report from Oxfam America.

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Some Republicans want actions of Hamilton County GOP suspended
Three of 4 elected Republicans on the party's state Executive Committee officially asked the Tennessee party chair to suspend the Hamilton County Republican Party last week, but no such action has been taken.

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Meet the eight featured speakers for TedxChattanooga 2026
This year's TedxChattanooga event will highlight the voices of a grocery store employee, a content creator, two communications executives, two nonprofit CEOs, the CEO of an AI company and a vice provost in higher education.

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Chattanooga-based 3rd Eye releases AI camera to coach commercial drivers
3rd Eye, part of Chattanooga-based company Environmental Solutions, is releasing an artificial intelligence-driven safety camera made to help commercial drivers spot risks as they happen rather than simply collecting data.

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Hamilton County juries return three first-degree murder convictions in five weeks
Within five weeks this summer, Hamilton County juries convicted Jamal Adams, Mark Caslin and Lawrence Goodine of murder charges carrying life sentences.

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Middle Tennessee woman among spiritual travelers who died in Nepal flood
As soon as Leslie Crespi heard the news about the floods in Nepal, she put on her shoes and ran out her door to make her way to a friend’s house.

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Warnock calls for Georgia data center moratorium
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is calling for a statewide moratorium on data centers after visiting the site where OpenAI is planning a massive data center in coastal Georgia.

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Immigrant advocates highlight Tennessee role in Trump administration’s mass deportation plans
During the early hours of a recent morning, legal advocates with the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition awakened to buzzing cell phones.

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Plaintiffs say Tuberville is ‘constitutionally ineligible’ for governorship in reply brief
Plaintiffs challenging Republican gubernatorial nominee U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's candidacy told the Alabama Supreme Court that Tuberville was "constitutionally ineligible" to serve as governor.
