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Chattanooga City Council members questioned the gang task force, police and fire pension board, and social service agency budgets on Tuesday.
Demolition is nearly complete on a fast-paced project to open a science, technology, engineering and math school in Hamilton County by August. But now a lack of cash stands to slow construction.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Construction cost for a renovated Betsy Vines Theater at Cleveland High School and a new traffic configuration for the front of Cleveland Middle School were reviewed Tuesday by the Cleveland Board of Education.
Sen. Andy Berke, D-Chattanooga, said he plans to vote for a Republican-drawn redistricting plan after Republicans agreed to shift back a number of precincts that would have gone into Republican Sen. Bo Watson’s district in Hamilton County back to the 10th Senatorial District represented by Berke.
State Comptroller Justin Wilson is questioning the process under which Tennessee Revenue Department Reagan Farr and several of his predecessors granted tax variances to some businesses.
Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to make it harder for teachers to win and keep tenure is headed to the Senate floor after easily clearing the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
House Speaker Beth Harwell said Tuesday she favors restricting teachers’ ability to negotiate contracts rather than a complete ban on collective bargaining pushed by Senate Republican leaders.
The attorneys general from Tennessee and Georgia are in the nation’s capital this week collaborating with their counterparts from across the country, exchanging ideas with Justice Department officials, and hearing an earful from angry citizens.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The federal government currently takes in a lot less revenue than it spends, and U.S. Sen. Bob Corker has a plan to flip that equation on its head.
Republicans were taking early leads Tuesday in their attempt to strengthen their control of the General Assembly. GOP challengers against Democrat incumbents in both chambers were leading in early elect
Republicans marched confidently to the brink of House control Tuesday night in midterm elections shadowed by recession, promising a conservative majority certain to challenge President Barack Obama at virtually every turn.
