Signal Mountain Republican Rep. Patsy Hazlewood and other House Republicans said they regret using mysterious out-of-state vendor Phoenix Solutions for a taxpayer-funded legislative mailer in 2020.
by San Stockard / Tennessee LookoutA Republican lawmaker filed legislation on Wednesday to begin the process to remove the Nashville judge whose ruling last year expanded absentee voting during the pandemic.
by Nate Rau / Tennessee LookoutHolly McCormack, a Democrat from Ringgold, Georgia, has announced she will run against U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R- Rome, for Congress in 2022.
by Patrick FilbinNew polling shows Kim White gaining on Tim Kelly in the Chattanooga mayoral race, days before the election.
by Sarah Grace TaylorStatistically, fewer than 1 in 5 registered voters will actually participate in the selection of the city's new leadership.
by Sarah Grace TaylorWith a week left in the Chattanooga mayoral election, Kim White continues to out-fundraise fellow frontrunners Wade Hinton and Tim Kelly, nearly tripling Hinton and Kelly's individual fundraising totals.
by Sarah Grace TaylorThe Hamilton County school board has approved a 1% salary increase for certified and classified staff funded by local and state revenue.
by Anika ChaturvediCollegedale City Manager Ted Rogers on Monday said he would step down, but he said it was not in response to calls for his firing or resignation that took place just last week.
by Tierra HayesDade County Commissioner Allan Bradford has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.
by Patrick FilbinChattanooga mayoral and city council candidates answered questions about public safety in Chattanooga, including a sharp increase in gun violence in 2020, last summer's protests against police brutality and police department reform.
by Staff ReportSupport for Chattanooga's top mayoral candidates, according to recent polls, comes from voters of different demographic backgrounds with varying top priorities.
by Sarah Grace TaylorAfter a divisive presidential election in which then-President Donald Trump unsuccessfully raised the specter of widespread voter fraud — rejected by the states, the courts, his own administration and Congress amid an insurrection by Trump supporters — GOP stalwarts in Nashville are pushing forward with crackdowns on what they still perceive as a problem.
by Ian Round / Tennessee LookoutChattanooga mayoral and city council candidates answered questions about Chattanooga's economy, affordable housing and homeless in the city. Candidate responses are listed alphabetically by last name.
by Staff ReportThe Times Free Press, in partnership with WRCB Channel 3, interviewed 32 candidates in Chattanooga's city election. Early voting takes place until Feb. 25, with election day on March 2.
by Staff ReportAfter the approval of funding, Catoosa County Economic Development Authority Director Keith Barclift is preparing to tackle one of his preliminary goals from when he started his job around two years ago — developing a strategic plan for the county's economic future.
by Tierra HayesTwo Tennessee Republican lawmakers are pressing a bill to allow any man believing he got a woman pregnant to obtain a court injunction blocking her from getting an abortion.
by Andy SherIt could be months or longer before coronavirus-stalled court dockets return to any semblance of normal in Tennessee's 10th and 12th judicial districts, even after a continuing decline in COVID-19 cases led the Tennessee Supreme Court to ease recent restrictions.
by Ben BentonThe Times Free Press, in partnership with WRCB Channel 3, interviewed 32 candidates in Chattanooga's city election. Early voting takes place until Feb. 25 with election day on March 2.
by Staff ReportGeorgia's governor wants President Joe Biden to override a federal regulatory decision that could threaten the future of a giant battery factory being built in the northeastern part of the state.
by JEFF AMY / Associated PressNew polling shows Tim Kelly's lead growing in the Chattanooga mayoral race, while the gap between the next three candidates is closing.
by Sarah Grace TaylorFormer University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Professor Jean "Lady J" Howard-Hill is making a run for Chattanooga mayor as a write-in candidate in the March 2 election.
by Sarah Grace TaylorThe Walker County Commission has adopted new rules for the public to make comments after a man used a racial slur multiple times during a meeting two weeks ago.
by Patrick FilbinAbsentee and turnout numbers in the Chattanooga municipal election on Wednesday far exceeded past first-day numbers, as citizens began early voting to pick a new mayor and city council.
by Sarah Grace Taylor