The Senate voted Wednesday night to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan after President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached agreement on major provisions of the package that is a key part of his presidential agenda.

The spread of the COVID-19 delta variant is raising infections, leading some companies and governments to require vaccinations and raising concerns about the U.S. economic recovery.

Wednesday marked 100 days since Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly was inaugurated.

In the biggest proposed remake to Chattanooga's downtown riverfront in nearly two decades, planners on Tuesday unveiled an array of proposals aimed at drawing more locals and daily use.

A Chattooga County company that had plans to build a manufacturing facility in Trion did not make the final cut when a new commission tasked with regulating medical marijuana in Georgia selected six companies to enter the field.

Most Republicans want former President Donald Trump to have at least some influence over their party's direction even as many who side with the GOP say they are uneasy about its future.

Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany will be the featured speaker in June for the 2022 Athens Area Chamber of Commerce's 15th Annual Benefit Banquet, extending a growing list of big-name political and sports figures to visit McMinn County's seat for the event.

President Joe Biden is banking on the idea of making life more affordable for middle-class families - and that's where the recent bout of inflation poses both a political and an economic risk.

Voters in parts of Hamilton County go to the polls Tuesday, where local officials project low turnout in the Tennessee House District 29 special primary election - with neither Republican Greg Vital nor Democrat DeAngelo Jelks facing opposition in their respective party primaries.

Tennessee paid thousands of dollars for social media influencers to promote a contentious new initiative that uses $2.5 million in taxpayer dollars to offer flight vouchers largely to out-of-state residents.

With inflation uncomfortably high and the COVID-19 Delta variant raising economic concerns, a divided Federal Reserve will meet this week to discuss when and how it should dial back its ultra-low-interest rate policies.

The city of Chattanooga will fund support staff to "meet the holistic needs of students and families" in seven schools within the city, marking its first such investment in Hamilton County Schools since the 1990s.

Candidates are slowly starting to file paperwork for the more than three dozen Hamilton County elected positions on the ballot in 2022.

Organizations representing long-term care facilities on Friday urged lawmakers working on a bipartisan infrastructure plan to avoid dipping into COVID-relief funds to help pay for the roughly $600 billion in new spending sought for the public works buildout.

Republican politicians are under increasing pressure to speak out to persuade COVID-19 vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious variant sends caseloads soaring.

When Nancy Pelosi raised a glass to Liz Cheney, it was the most unlikely of toasts.

Republican businessman Greg Vital of Georgetown received $77,400 in political contributions during the first 17 days of July in his special election bid for the Hamilton County-based state House District 29 seat, according to the latest filings with the state.

By triggering $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of people and expanding the child tax credit for many families, the pandemic offered a clear takeaway for some officials: That putting tax dollars in people's pockets is achievable and can be a lifeline to those struggling to get by.

When the text message popped up on his phone, Samuel Alfaro didn't want to believe it.

A bronze bust of Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest was removed from the Tennessee Capitol building on Friday.

Tennessee will resume vaccine outreach - paused earlier this month amid pressure from some conservative state legislators - except for social media marketing aimed specifically at children, according to Tennessee's top health official.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress on Friday that she will start taking emergency measures next week to keep the government from an unprecedented default on the national debt, warning that a default would cause "irreparable harm to the U.S. economy and the livelihoods of all Americans."

Ford Motor Co. is not coming to the McDonald Farm site, nor is a sewer treatment plant or a landfill.