House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate
Veering away from a default crisis, the House overwhelmingly approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, sending the deal that President Joe Biden and Spe…
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Ooltewah-based tow truck maker Miller Industries to buy Athens, Tennessee, hydraulic cylinder plant
In an effort to improve its supply chain, Miller Industries Inc. announced Wednesday it is buying Southern Hydraulic Cylinder Inc. of Athens, Tennessee, for $1…
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Hearing set to consider downtown Chattanooga sites for new federal courthouse
Nearly a century after Chattanooga's existing federal courthouse was erected on Georgia Avenue during the Great Depression, the U.S. General Services Administr…
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Hundreds of Amazon workers protest company's climate impact, return-to-office mandate
Telling executives to "strive harder," hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company's lack of progress on climate goals and …
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Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel to be called The Hotel Chalet as revamp hits $19 million
The hotel at the Chattanooga Choo Choo complex is undergoing a name change to The Hotel Chalet as work on an extensive renovation of the property is on track t…
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Conservatives call for boycott of Chick-fil-A for being ‘woke’
The latest target of conservative outcry is no longer Target. Hundreds of social media users took to Twitter on Wednesday to call for a boycott of Chick-fil-A …
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US safety agency to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles, set tougher standards
The U.S. government's auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency brak…
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Walmart raises wages for pharmacists and opticians
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, said Wednesday that it was increasing the wages for its 7,700 pharmacists and opticians, a…
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First of two new reactors reaches 100% power output at Georgia's Plant Vogtle
The first of two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle near Augusta has reached 100% power for the first time, a big step which signals the unit could begin sen…
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Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect Sacklers from lawsuits
A federal appeals court cleared the way for the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of legal claims tied to the opioid epidemic while shielding the wealthy …
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Delta Air Lines hit with lawsuit over claims of carbon neutrality
A consumer class action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Delta Air Lines inaccurately billed itself as the world's “first carbon-neutral airline” and should pay da…
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Here's what's in, what's out of the debt limit bill to avert US default
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have been working the phones in an intense push to sell Congress on the 99-page bill that would suspend th…
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Chattanooga area’s job growth in 2022 nearly doubles US pace
Employment in Hamilton County in 2022 grew at a pace nearly twice as fast as the national average and outpaced the growth rate of most of the major Tennessee c…
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Chattanooga gas prices rise as summer driving season starts and other business news
Gasoline prices in Chattanooga rose last week as the summer driving season began, but analysts still expect fuel prices to remain below last year throughout th…
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Knoxville homebuilder plans new subdivisions in Ooltewah and Cleveland, Tennessee
A Knoxville homebuilder broke ground Tuesday on the first of three new subdivisions it plans to build in Ooltewah and Cleveland as the company expands its East…