Tim Kelly will lead Chattanooga for the next four years, after a campaign in which he promised a more equitable future for city residents.
by Sarah Grace TaylorChattanooga's three undecided municipal elections will be decided Tuesday, with runoffs for mayor and two open city council seats.
by Staff ReportThe retirement of 10th Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Larry H. Puckett has drawn two applicants for replacing him, one short of the number required under state law, so that means Gov. Bill Lee could throw a third name into the hat.
by Ben BentonSaying Tennesseans need to get off the public dole and back to work, House Republican leaders are supporting legislation to cut the time frame for the state's unemployment benefits by more than half.
by Sam Stockard and Tennessee LookoutWith either choice, Chattanooga voters next week will elect as their next mayor a veteran business manager with no prior experience in elective political office.
by Dave FlessnerWhen government, the private sector and nonprofits join forces, good things are bound to happen.
by Patrick FilbinFormer opponent Wade Hinton endorsed Chattanooga mayoral runoff candidate Tim Kelly on Wednesday, solidifying Kelly's standing with defeated candidates from the general election.
by Sarah Grace TaylorA bill allowing Tennessee parents to block their children from taking part in school lessons involving LGBTQ topics cleared the state Senate on Monday after heated debate over the measure, which requires schools to provide parents at least 30 days notice before the subject comes up in class.
by Andy SherDespite his business and political successes, Tim Kelly says he wasn't born with an entrepreneurial spirit.
by Sarah Grace TaylorKim White wasn't always notable — or even audible — to those around her.
by Sarah Grace TaylorSponsors call it a method to protect the identity of donors to nonprofits such as Habitat for Humanity. Critics say it could open the pathway for out-of-state "dark money" to flow into political campaigns.
by Sam Stockard and Tennessee LookoutWhen Tennessee lawmakers pushed last summer to increase penalties against demonstrators demanding police reform, they did so in the name of supporting law enforcement.
by KIMBERLEE KRUESI / The Associated PressA year after putting the program on hold as the COVID-19 pandemic started, Gov. Bill Lee injected $250 million into his fiscal year 2022 spending plan for a K-12 mental health trust fund.
by Sam Stockard and Tennessee LookoutTennessee Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton's bill to ban legislators from handling colleagues' government-funded constituent mail services ran into complications this past week.
by Andy SherMembers of Congress were among the first people in the U.S. to have access to the sought-after COVID-19 vaccine when the initial doses became available in December.
by Ariana Figueroa and Laura Olson / States NewsroomThe Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday passed a steep slopes measure aimed at protecting construction sites and homeowners, but the ordinance drew fire from builder and development groups.
by Mike PareHamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger announced Monday he will extend the countywide mask mandate through April 28 and then will lift the requirement.
by Elizabeth Fite and Wyatt MasseyIssues of economic, educational and housing equity took center stage as Kim White and Tim Kelly met in their second debate ahead of the April 13 Chattanooga mayoral election runoff.
by Colin M. StewartIn a legal maneuver last year, a coalition of small school districts in Tennessee joined a lawsuit brought by Shelby County and Metro Nashville Public Schools over the adequacy of the state's public education funding.
by Nate Rau and Tennessee LookoutPresident Joe Biden on Friday called a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of Georgia's elections laws "outrageous" and "an atrocity," and urged Congress to move quickly to bolster voting rights across the nation in response.
by AAMER MADHANI / Associated PressHere are some of the current and former Tennessee officials who are paying tribute to the late former U.S. senator, congressman, Republican National Committee chair, U.S. trade representative and U.S. labor secretary Bill Brock, who died Thursday:
by Staff ReportToppled last summer by protesters from its prominent perch before the Tennessee state Capitol, the statue of late 19th and early 20th Century newspaper editor, U.S. senator, alcohol prohibitionist and segregationist Edward Ward Carmack appears unlikely to return to its pedestal.
by Andy SherFormer U.S. Sen. Bill Brock, a Republican businessman from Lookout Mountain who also served in Congress and as U.S. trade representative, died Thursday in Fort Lauderdale, a family spokesman said.
by Andy Sher