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Bill would require private insurers in Tennessee to cover year’s supply of birth control
A Hamilton County lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require private insurance companies to cover a year's supply of prescription contraceptives and allow individuals to receive the full supply up front.
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$20 million Alton Park project in Chattanooga paused by funding freeze
To connect some of Chattanooga's poorest and most systemically disconnected communities is a tall task.
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TVA head Jeff Lyash announces plans to retire
TVA President and CEO Jeff Lyash, who has led the largest public power company in the country for nearly six years, will retire from the agency no later than the end of the fiscal year, which wraps up Sept. 30.
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Hamilton County lawmakers split on public funding for private school tuition
Tennessee lawmakers approved legislation Thursday that would give thousands of families across the state taxpayer funding to pay for private school tuition.
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Tennessee GOP passes school voucher expansion bill with backing from Trump
Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income, a long-sought victory for Republican Gov. Bill Lee with some help from President Donald Trump to win over GOP holdouts.
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Trump backs Tennessee governor’s tuition grants
President Donald Trump applauded Tennessee lawmakers Tuesday amid a special session called by Gov. Bill Lee to advance his Education Freedom Act.
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Nationwide egg shortage makes its way to Chattanooga
Following a nationwide upward trend in egg prices, Chattanooga family-owned restaurant Bluegrass Grill's egg cost has increased by 70% from where it was last year, Nina Worsham, daughter of the restaurant's founders and soon-to-be owner, said by phone.
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Hamilton County mayor suggests term limits for his office
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp is proposing setting a limit of two terms on the mayor's office, according to a news release issued Tuesday morning. The terms would last four years each, according to Wamp's director of communications, Mary Francis Hoots.
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Trump says inflation isn’t his No. 1 issue. So what will happen to consumer prices?
Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said he owed his victory to Americans' anger over immigration and inflation, specifically the rising cost of groceries.
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All-black plates benefiting Weston Wamp’s Millennial Debt Foundation are top-sellers in Tennessee
The "In the Black" specialty license plate benefiting the Millennial Debt Foundation, a nonprofit founded by Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp, is now the top-selling specialty license plate in Tennessee.
