Gov. Brian Kemp is proposing that Georgia borrow $883 million for construction projects and equipment next year, an amount likely to rise before lawmakers complete the state budget.

Six hundred residents of Whitfield County ages 65 and older will get the COVID-19 vaccine at a satellite drive-thru on Monday, Jan. 18, after registration for the vaccine filled up in less than three hours once the application process was opened.

More than 400 constituents are asking Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah, to show evidence to support his objection to results of the Nov. 3 presidential election.

Former Chattanooga Mayor Jon Kinsey has endorsed Kim White in the March mayoral race, citing her leadership abilities.

In dual residency hearings, Hamilton County election officials ruled Wednesday that Chattanooga mayoral candidate Monty Bell could stay on the March ballot, but Michele Peterson did not qualify.

NASHVILLE — Tennessee Republican Rep. Robin Smith of Hixson said Tuesday she has no explanations for Friday's raid by FBI agents on her home and legislative offices but is fully cooperating with the investigation that involves two other lawmakers and legislative aides.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia's congresswoman from the 14th District, was seen in a video posted over the weekend refusing to wear a mask while lawmakers in Washington, D.C., were in protected isolation as pro-Trump rioters took control of the Capitol building.

NASHVILLE — U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann said Monday he doesn't hold President Donald Trump personally responsible for inciting last week's deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol as senators and representatives met to certify President-elect Joe Biden's Nov. 3 victory.

Isiah Hester is running for the Chattanooga City Council to advocate for public safety and stronger neighborhoods in District 5.

Tennessee Republican U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty on Wednesday and early Thursday voted twice to reject challenges to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's electoral vote victory.

Over a dozen employees in the Murray County government - including the sole commissioner - have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Chattanooga City Council approved a budget amendment funding eviction prevention, small businesses and other causes and condemned violence in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Biden's progressive agenda.

The Chattanooga City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday to expedite funds for nonprofit groups and eviction prevention after deferring the vote before the holidays.

Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and U.S. Sen.-elect Bill Hagerty of Tennessee on Saturday joined a Senate GOP effort to oppose certifying President-elect Joe Biden's election victory over President Donald Trump, a move also supported in the House by Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Ooltewah.

Chemical engineer Tim Gorman is running for Chattanooga City Council District 2 to help families and small businesses.

Preethi Gowrishankar was never really politically active before this year. But watching polarization increase during President Donald Trump's administration changed that.

Chattanooga mayoral candidate Michele Peterson says she has "no primary residence," raising another question of candidate qualification in the March municipal elections.

The chairman of the Jackson County, Alabama, Commission resigned Tuesday, days after the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency was asked to investigate the discovery of a security camera that was trained on a county employee.

The Hamilton County Election Commission has rejected a petition by a coalition of activist organizations after the groups came up short on collecting enough valid signatures to put legislation for a new Chattanooga police oversight board on the March 2021 ballot.

Donald Trump Jr. was in Catoosa County on Saturday afternoon campaigning for Sen. David Perdue as early voting is underway in Georgia for two U.S. Senate seats up for grabs in the January runoff.

Candidates for the March 2 Chattanooga city elections qualified this week to make it on the ballot, resulting in a long list of potential new city leaders.

When the Hamilton County school district's coronavirus reopening plan rolled out in August, using information on community spread to assign students to fully remote, hybrid and fully in-person instruction, there was very little historical data for guidance, school system Superintendent Bryan Johnson said.