Hamilton County district attorney candidate Coty Wamp has received endorsements from two local police unions in her challenge to the position's incumbent.
by Logan HullingerJust over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House. But 12 months into his presidency, many describe a coalition in crisis.
by STEVE PEOPLES / AP National Politics WriterFormer President Donald Trump is stepping up his election-year effort to dominate the Republican Party with a Saturday rally in Arizona in which he plans to castigate anyone who dares to question his lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, likely including the state's GOP governor, Doug Ducey.
by JILL COLVIN / The Associated PressChattanooga native Montrell Besley has launched a bid for the new District 11 seat on the Hamilton County Commission.
by Logan HullingerEast Ridge Vice Mayor Mike Chauncey has entered the race for the newly drawn District 8 seat on the Hamilton County Commission.
by Logan HullingerHamilton County Republican candidates are outpacing their Democratic counterparts as local county races begin to take shape for the 2022 primary election.
by Logan HullingerRepublican Herschel Walker's campaign deleted a false claim that he graduated from the University of Georgia hours after it was posted on a website promoting his U.S. Senate bid.
by Greg Bluestein / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution via Tribune News ServiceHamilton County Commission chair Sabrena Smedley officially announced Thurday her bid for county mayor in 2022.
by Logan HullingerHamilton County Commissioner Chip Baker will run for re-election next year in the significantly altered District 2, he announced Wednesday.
by Logan HullingerHamilton County Commission chair Sabrena Smedley said Wednesday she would make an announcement "important to Hamilton County" at a Thursday news conference, three days after she filed paperwork with the county elections commission to begin a run for county mayor.
by Logan HullingerHamilton County's two mayoral candidates on Wednesday pitched their vision for the county's future, to varying levels of detail.
by Logan HullingerCity Council member Andre Dickens won a runoff election Tuesday to become Atlanta's next mayor, riding a surge of support that powered him past the council's current president, Felicia Moore, after finishing second to her in November.
by JEFF AMY / The Associated PressJacob Chansley, the spear-carrying Jan. 6 rioter whose horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint made him one of the more recognizable figures in the assault on the Capitol, was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months in prison.
by JACQUES BILLEAUD / The Associated PressDean Moorhouse, a retired health care executive, has entered the race for the Hamilton County Commission's new District 10 — which is still pending approval by the state.
by Logan HullingerHamilton County Commissioner Warren Mackey will run for re-election in 2022, he announced Friday.
by Logan HullingerMatt Hullander, former CEO of the home improvement company HullCo, has entered the race for Hamilton County mayor in 2022, he announced Friday.
by Logan HullingerA federal judge on Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's request to block the release of documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
by NOMAAN MERCHANT / The Associated PressTennessee Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Mike Bell, R-Riceville, announced Monday he won't seek re-election to his District 9 seat in 2022, ending what will be a 16-year political career in the General Assembly.
by Andy SherFresh off a strong showing in last week's elections, some of the nation's leading Republicans expressed newfound confidence this weekend that they were well positioned to retake control of Congress next year and ultimately win back the White House.
by JILL COLVIN / Associated PressDemocratic leaders in Virginia conceded Friday that Republicans have won control of the House of Delegates.
by DENISE LAVOIE / The Associated PressTennessee State Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, will not run for Hamilton County mayor in 2022, he announced Tuesday.
by Logan HullingerDroughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves to fall before autumn even arrives. Extreme weather events like hurricanes that strip trees of their leaves altogether.
by PATRICK WHITTLE / The Associated PressThe most closely watched attempt by Republicans to examine the 2020 presidential election in a battleground state lost by former President Donald Trump is coming to an embarrassing end in Arizona, but their efforts are cranking up elsewhere.
by MARC LEVY / Associated Press