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Mayor Tim Kelly says feds using ‘short-sighted lens’ to choose new courthouse site
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly said it's stunning that the General Services Administration is still insisting on putting a new federal courthouse on a site near Vine Street despite local opposition — including from U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn.
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Kelly to chair coalition of cities, states working toward Chattanooga passenger rail
Half a dozen state and local governments are teaming up to get a passenger rail line across Tennessee — and Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly is set to chair their coalition.
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Corker, Kelly compare Chattanooga quantum institute to Volkswagen
Vanderbilt University's launch of a quantum institute with EPB in Chattanooga will be as transformative as Volkswagen's only U.S. plant locating here, said Mayor Tim Kelly and former Mayor and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker in a joint appearance.
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Corker delivers praise to Kelly and Wamp administrations
Over a month after he said leaders were accepting mediocrity in Chattanooga, former Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker praised current Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly and Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp in front of the area's prominent business and political leaders.
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Chattanooga officials say they’re already using AI to improve city services
Monitoring for leaks in Chattanooga's combined sewer and wastewater system.
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Chattanooga City Council votes to dissolve DEI department
The Chattanooga City Council voted to dissolve funding for a city department to stay in compliance with a new state law requiring public institutions to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion offices.
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Chattanooga City Council makes Kelly’s tax increase official
The Chattanooga City Council locked down a property tax rate increase by 5-3 vote Tuesday evening. The increase, which is effectively immediately, is expected to bring an extra $45 million to the city budget.
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Chattanooga City Council counters Mayor Tim Kelly’s proposed tax rate
Chattanooga City Council members are countering Mayor Tim Kelly's proposed property tax rate and asked city staff Tuesday if the mayor intended to threaten them when he said he would support those who supported his proposal and that the reverse would be true.
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Chattanooga mayor’s proposed tax rate would fund long list of items
If Chattanooga's property tax rate is set at 1.99% by the Chattanooga City Council next month, Mayor Tim Kelly intends to do more than increase police and fire pay with the $50 million in additional revenues raised.
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Chattanooga City Council spars over property tax proposals
Chattanooga's mayor hopes to raise about $50 million in revenue by lifting the city's property tax rate from a state-mandated 1.55% to 1.99%.
