Well, well, well. It seems Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee does listen to some people.

Sound the trumpets! Hamilton County at long last may be nearing the opening - perhaps by August 2022 - of a vocational and technical trade school in the heart of Chattanooga on a regular public bus line.

It's long been a joke - but not a joking matter - that thanks to Gov. Bill Lee, state lawmakers, the National Rifle Association and the Tennessee Firearms Association, our state motto might as well be something like, "Tennessee - where we let you shoot first, and we'll ask questions later. Maybe."

The surveillance camera video is horrifying.

Chattanooga has a lion's share of wonderful outdoor play areas and venues, from downtown Riverwalk stages to majestic bluff views to the quiet lush of the Cumberland Trail.

The United States vs. Georgia, a lawsuit filed Friday by Attorney General Merrick Garland, draws a long red line in the sand.

President Joe Biden announced this week that the White House will allocate a portion of the funds from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act toward public safety, including $350 million for state and local law enforcement agencies.

It's not often these days that we get to read some really uplifting news - especially uplifting news about Black history.

Last week, all of us — especially workers and businesses — scored a big victory when a federal judge in Houston, Texas, told a registered nurse in the Houston Methodist hospital system that if she thought her freedom was threatened by her employer insisting that she be vaccinated against COVID-19, well — she was free to go work somewhere else.

It was inevitable.

To hear Newsmax tell it, Southern Baptists have taken a "dangerous turn left."

What's the best insurance policy for our city's growth? Any city's growth? Any county's growth? Any state's or country's growth?

Tennessee used to be a state with a centrist temperament, a state where in election after election voters cast ballots for moderate politicians of both political stripes - Howard Baker, Fred Thompson, Zach Wamp, Ned McWherter, Bill Frist, Al Gore, Phil Bredesen, Lamar Alexander and Bill Haslam to name a few.

The idea that Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is accusing anyone of being "in cahoots" with anyone or "trying to create" a narrative by "cherry-picking information" is jaw-droppingly, knee-slapping funny.

Plenty of the local news of late is trumpeting some version of "pandemic easing."

In the summer of 2017, Chattanooga lost one important asset and gained another.

We cannot be lulled by our successful COVID-19 vaccines or by the fact that our coronavirus case numbers are down.

Facebook announced Friday it will no longer automatically give politicians a pass when they break the company's hate speech rules. Glory hallelujah! But it is so past time for this.

It's been a good week for polar bears.

Finally someone has said exactly what's needed about Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's shameful and cruel attack on vulnerable migrant children caught up in the middle of a senseless GOP feeding frenzy.

The headline is enticing: "When will Harriet Tubman adorn the $20 bill."

There isn't just one "big lie" with some Republicans. There are several. Especially in the South among some Republicans.

We'll have no Jan. 6 probe