Chattanooga City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod has been named to the state executive committee for 10th Senate District for the Tennessee Democratic Party.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he expects a controversial $4 million grant provision included in this year's $38.55 billion budget to get back on track once more transparency and guidelines are established on how groups are awarded taxpayer dollars.

A Tennessee state judge on Wednesday set a 2020 trial date for a "Baby Doe" lawsuit filed by district attorneys general that targets national opioid manufacturers for their role in the deadly narcotic painkiller epidemic.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said today that although he still believes many of the overwhelmingly negative public comments about his Medicaid block grant proposal are based on "misinformation," he will wade through all 2,200 pages while keeping an open mind on possible changes.

Expressing worries about traffic, noise, runoff, and a drop in home values, about 20 residents who live near a proposed grocery store project in Walden denounced the complex on Thursday.

It was a mixed bag of both praise and criticism of Chattanooga Police Department by community members during a public meeting Wednesday night as the department seeks re-accreditation from a national police standards agency.

Before the Chattanooga Business Improvement District board held its first meeting, board member and state Sen. Todd Gardenhire already began considering legislation to change rules about the district's board.

A month after the announcement of the biggest new manufacturing plant in East Chattanooga in more than a century, Chattanooga developer Bobby Adamson is making plans to build a $1.2 million apartment complex nearby.

Chattanooga planners are proposing an array of new rules to limit land erosion and damage amid the area's solid growth, saying they're trying to balance protection with private property rights.

Just days after more than 70 teachers sent an open letter calling out Hamilton County commissioners for recent votes on public education funding, school board member Tiffanie Robinson, of District 4, called on the commission and the school board to work together at Wednesday's commission meeting.

The city of Chattanooga is getting statewide recognition for a program which helps first responders address non-verbal special needs and dementia patients.

A decision about shutting down the Coyote Jack's nightclub will not come until December after an agreement was reached Tuesday between the city of Chattanooga and representatives of the club's owners.

Discussion of ongoing discipline concerns continued to dominate the Hamilton County Board of Education's meeting Thursday night along with school security needs, with Superintendent Bryan Johnson acknowledging that there is work to be done in both areas.

An internal investigation by the Collegedale Police Department has found multiple policy violations by three officers who kept their body cameras muted while speaking with a subject who was improperly cuffed and detained during a traffic stop in September for alleged improper use of a turning lane.

The owners of the huge Alstom site in Chattanooga are pre-leasing space for a planned 8-story office building off West Main Street, which they're looking to extend to the Tennessee River.

Owners of the Coyote Jack's nightclub can no longer serve beer in Chattanooga after a lengthy hearing by the beer and wrecker board Thursday morning.

Chattanoogans are among a growing group of Tennesseans voicing opposition to a plan for the state to fund its Medicaid program, TennCare, through a lump sum from the federal government called a "block grant."

After a year of debating raising taxes to fund Hamilton County Schools, the county commission on Wednesday morning shot down a resolution to put it to a public vote.

More than a dozen Hamilton County schools that are supposed to have school resource officers this year don't.

After police intervened in a disruptive situation during last week's meeting, Chattanooga City Council members are considering how to best change and enforce public comment rules to prevent future outbursts.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Tuesday was sharply critical of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, saying "the U.S. does not abandon partners who have made sacrifices and contributions to protect our national security interests."

A dispute between the city of South Pittsburg and its housing authority appears to be heading to court next year.

A garbage fee increase has been almost inevitable in South Pittsburg for over a year, and now it's here.