A Hixson lawmaker is looking at raising the legal age of vaping as the nation grapples with increasing deaths from vaping-related illnesses.

City and Tennessee state government assistance for a Japanese automotive paint company planning to build a $61 million factory in East Chattanooga is one of 25 projects skewered in a Nashville-based, free-market research group's annual "Pork Report."

From facades and character to traffic and school capacity, local governments are wrestling with the direction of development in Hamilton County.

Chattanooga Fire Department Capt. Skyler Phillips fought back tears Tuesday as he told City Council members the story of a nearly blind woman with broken glasses who used to regularly call 911 seeking help after tripping and falling.

Chattanooga City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod has been elected to leadership in the National League of Cities Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials.

Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama congressmen are weighing in along partisan lines after U.S. House Democrats Tuesday morning unveiled two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

At the meeting, called by county Mayor Jim Coppinger and Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Bryan Johnson, all 18 members of the two bodies gathered to discuss the future of the school district and reshape the narrative around education in the county.

Ambulance services in Catoosa County will now be controlled by the Catoosa County government after the county was awarded a bid by the Georgia Department of Public Health.

In mid-November, the city of Collegedale lifted a self-imposed sewer moratorium that was passed in 2016.

For the past 20 years, Catoosa County's economic development director was an entry-level position, said Keith Barclift, but with his hiring for the position this past March, the county is shifting toward a more aggressive approach to economic development.

Hamilton County Commissioner Randy Fairbanks represents Soddy-Daisy, Sale Creek and the rest of the northernmost district in Hamilton County

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is expected to have projected new general fund revenues of between $354 million and $408 million as the Republican builds the fiscal year 2020-2021 spending plan he will submit to Tennessee lawmakers in January.

Some Hamilton County school board members want to explore security options outside of traditional school resource officers for the county's schools, but others aren't on board with the plan.

A former East Ridge police officer, who was fired for violating "community standards," is now suing the city and two former officials, claiming his termination was in retaliation for voicing concerns over officer equipment and inconsistencies in promotion and discipline.

The Hamilton County Commission repealed a special events permit for a wedding venue in McDonald after neighbors raised concerns about noise, traffic and setback requirements.

On Tuesday, a Senate committee passed the Restore Our Parks Act that would address the $12 billion in deferred maintenance at national parks, sending the bill to a full Senate vote.

After decades of hoping, the Avondale community will finally have a new state-of-the-art youth and family development center this weekend.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's administration on Wednesday formally filed with the Trump administration an ambitious and controversial block-grant funding proposal aimed at transforming the state's TennCare Medicaid program and freeing it from many federal rules.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee still plans Wednesday to submit his proposal to convert much of TennCare's federal funding into a modified "block grant" despite the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services withdrawing its proposed guidance to states on the issue.

Cleanup on the Lupton City Mill site hit another hurdle last week when contractors discovered an elevator shaft with significant friable asbestos, creating a need for increased funding for safe asbestos handling not included in the awarded asbestos abatement contract.

The Collegedale Police Department has received largely positive feedback by the Municipal Technical Advisory Service, which reviewed its policies, though it did not address the department's alleged quota system due to an ongoing state investigation.

Just days after Superintendent Bryan Johnson and four school board members attended a town hall about teacher pay and funding public education, it's back to business for the Hamilton County Board of Education.

Tennessee families who participate in Gov. Bill Lee's private school voucher program would have to report and possibly pay federal taxes on the taxpayer-provided support, state Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn acknowledged Monday.