Southern Honda Powersports made its first sale this week at its new 73,000-square-foot East Ridge store — a Honda Africa Twin motorcycle capable on- and off-road with a $17,900 price tag.

Chattanooga's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is getting a boost from a new loan program designed to aid the start up and growth of minority-owned entrepreneurs and growing businesses in low-income parts of Hamilton County.

Tennessee Republicans and Democrats evidently occupy parallel universes when it comes to a number of top issues and concerns, ranging from whether the 2020 election was "stolen" by Democrat and now-President Joe Biden to questions on whether the COVID-19 pandemic is largely over or not, according to a newly released Vanderbilt University survey of 1,000 registered voters.

Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announced the reorganization of city government on Tuesday, creating some new departments and dissolving others.

At the onset of the pandemic, the government settled on debit cards for families as a way to provide food to students who qualify for free or reduced lunch but weren't attending school - or the cafeteria - in person.

City leaders gathered Friday morning to honor the lives of people in Chattanooga affected by gun violence, urging peace and safety in the coming months.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, speaking Friday at the Ocoee River in Polk County, again expressed frustration about the movement of migrant children through Tennessee — although his own cabinet is saying the state has no authority to investigate a federal shelter in Chattanooga.

Gov. Bill Lee said this week that federal transparency about the movement of migrant children was different under President Donald Trump, as the governor continues his criticism of federal immigration policies under President Joe Biden.

From statehouses to Congress, Republicans have launched into a fight against the teaching of "critical race theory," which was a niche academic term just a year ago.

Controversy in the past week about the movement of migrant children through Tennessee and into a Chattanooga shelter licensed by the state in May 2020 has led to confusion about the immigration status of the children housed in Southeast Tennessee and those video recorded exiting a plane in Chattanooga.

Colleges and universities across the nation waived SAT and ACT requirements for applying students amid the coronavirus pandemic, and some — including schools in the Chattanooga area — continue to waive these requirements for the upcoming school year and years to come.

For months, Tennessee Republican lawmakers were hearing from dozens of parents concerned about how educators were trying to make their lessons more inclusive in response to the nation's racial reckoning.

In his latest executive order, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly officially on Friday approved the reopening of all city facilities that were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some Hamilton County commissioners want to appoint Joan Carter, wife of the late Rep. Mike Carter, to fill the state representative's seat until a special election.

Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from teaching certain concepts of race and racism in public schools.

The most powerful Republican in Georgia's state Senate will seek the presiding role of lieutenant governor in 2022.

The FBI is investigating whether former House Speaker Glen Casada was the owner of a new-on-the-scene vendor that did work for several Republicans and netted $231,000 from the House Republican Caucus, according to statements by a Tennessee lawmaker.

Alabama lawmakers see the possibility of a special session on prison construction this summer as Gov. Kay Ivey's plan to rent prisons from private companies has been hit by setbacks.

Legal scholars are questioning whether a recently passed bill that seeks to restrict Tennessee educators' teachings about race and racism will pass legal muster given judicial precedent, including one case that dates back 50 years.

Friends and family of the late former U.S. Sen. Bill Brock of Tennessee, a Republican businessman from Lookout Mountain, are set to gather Saturday in Chattanooga to celebrate the life of the former congressman, U.S. trade representative and U.S. labor secretary who died March 25.

NASHVILLE — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed the nation's first law mandating businesses and government post warning signs on multi-stall public restrooms if they allow people of both sexes as well as transgender people to use facilities associated with their gender.

Adrienne Cooper, the Black woman who had a gun pulled on her in St. Elmo by a white man last week, called on the City Council on Tuesday to hold the Chattanooga Police Department accountable for the way officers handled her case.

The Chattanooga City Council celebrated inclusion twice on Tuesday, making Juneteenth an official paid city holiday and welcoming Chattanooga's first female city attorney.