When UnifiEd formed locally in 2014, its founders said they wanted to make Chattanoogans more aware of and more involved in their public schools.

State Rep. Robin Smith, R-Hixson, posted on Facebook Sunday that she was asked while in Nashville last week if she planned to vote for the state's record incentive package for Ford Motor Co. during this week's special session of the General Assembly.

A Virginia property once owned by George Washington and in 1971 the subject of a purchasing scheme hatched by a Chattanooga state legislator is still a political football 50 years later.

We'd like to say Hamilton County Board of Education member Rhonda Thurman was right on the mark in complaining about the coarseness found in some books in classrooms and libraries of local public schools. We can't. But she wasn't wrong, either.

Redrawing boundaries of Hamilton County's political districts may continue for several more weeks, but most commissioners have at least made positive remarks about a potential 11-district map.

U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Winchester, who represents all the counties that surround Hamilton County, is one of more than 60 Republican House signatories on a recent letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking why the department appears to be targeting parents who oppose "hot-button social issues" being taught in public schools and what safety protocols their children are to follow in schools.

We were intrigued by the record-holding, long-distance driver who showed up at Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant Friday after driving 32,000-plus miles around the country in one of the company's electric vehicles.

When the Tennessee Department of Education released district scores from 2021 TCAP tests last month, Hamilton County education officials quickly acknowledged an across-the-board drop in student learning.

A Chattanooga man's request for information about all 46,000-plus students in Hamilton County public schools Thursday spread faster than gossip.

The Hamilton County Commission is likely to grow by two members in 2022.

Whether it emanated from administration, the COVID-19 pandemic or some other reason, Hamilton County public school teachers largely found their school climate more challenging during the 2020-2021 year than the 2019-2020 year, according to a state teacher survey released Monday.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has called for a special session of the General Assembly beginning two weeks from yesterday to consider an incentive package for Ford Motor Co.'s announced massive investment in West Tennessee.

Redistricting is not for the faint of heart.

An email brings us news that 2022 Tennessee Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Jason Martin has plans to visit each of the state's 95 counties to win his party's nomination.

One of the most difficult aspects of COVID-19, we have maintained since the name first came into our vocabulary more than 18 months ago, is sorting through the torrent of information about the virus and choosing what to keep and what to reject.

Remember 9/11, yes. Make it a holiday, no.

State Rep. Yusuf Hakeem, D-Chattanooga, is quoted by the Tennessee Lookout as saying he is "surprised and disappointed" the Joint Legislative Education Committee has no plans this week to discuss a bill he introduced to provide a study of Black history to public school students.

What has been so wrongheaded with the removal of Confederate statues in cities across the South over the past several years is the useless attempt to whitewash history.

It's a wonder anyone wants to be a public school teacher today, but thank goodness for the dedicated souls who do.

A former Hamilton County commissioner says the decennial redistricting is a prime opportunity for the commission to expand in size so that its members don't have to serve more than 40,000 residents each.

Tuesday was Election Day, and we're not talking about the California recall election in which Golden State residents were to decide whether to keep or reject their "let-them-eat-cake" Democratic governor.

The billboard apparently wasn't up for long, but it was up long enough last week to make more than a few people boiling mad.

Representatives of several organizations came before the Hamilton County Commission last week to plead for transparency and openness in the redistricting process that must follow the recently completed census count.