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Audio: School board candidate Anita Polk-Conley talks with the editorial board of the Times Free Press.
October 10, 2008
Hamilton County reopens magistrate application process
Concerned that some of the county’s judicial magistrates are working as little as 25 hours per week, a Hamilton County Commission panel decided Thursday to reopen the application process and extend the magistrates’ hours.
October 10, 2008
Audio: Hamilton County Commission agenda session -- Oct. 9, 2008
October 9, 2008
Audio: Hamilton County Commission recessed meeting -- Oct. 9, 2008
October 9, 2008
Hamilton County: Marti Rutherford plans another District 6 run
Former City Councilwoman Marti Rutherford may have resigned after a debate over her residency status last fall, but she says she has lived in her appointed district for more than a year and is running for the council again in March.
October 9, 2008
Audio: Chattanooga City Council -- Oct. 7, 2008
October 8, 2008
Chattanooga: City approves Stringer’s Ridge funds
The Chattanooga City Council voted 6-2 Tuesday night to spend $150,000 to help buy Stringer’s Ridge and develop it as a public park, even as some council members expressed concerns about the economy.
October 8, 2008
Chattanooga: Candidates come out swinging in debate, but local voter group not swayed
Despite jabs from both presidential candidates in Tuesday’s debate, many panelists in a Times Free Press focus group said the sparring match didn’t have much effect on how they plan to vote.
October 8, 2008
Nashville: Round 2: Economic divide
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama fought over taxes and how to get America back on track during their second debate Tuesday night in Nashville.
October 8, 2008
Chattanooga: Panelists discuss presidential debate
Tonight’s presidential debate had an effect on how some panelists in a Chattanooga Times Free Press focus group would vote, but many of the panelists said they wanted to hear more.
October 7, 2008
Georgia: Chambliss defends bailout vote
Twenty-eight days from a closely contested re-election showdown, U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., voted against the wishes of a majority of his constituents and supported the $700 billion federal plan to stabilize the national economy.
October 7, 2008
Signal Mountain council OKs annexing two subdivisions
Signal Mountain’s Town Council voted Monday evening to move forward with the proposed annexation of the Fox Run and Windtree subdivisions.
October 7, 2008
Chattanooga: Councilman Page not seeking re-election
City Councilman Dan Page said Monday he would not seek re-election to the District 3 seat after serving almost eight years on the City Council.
October 7, 2008
Chattanooga: Healy ineligible for mayoral run, Election Commission rules
Former Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Administrator Rob Healy is not eligible to run for mayor of Chattanooga, the Hamilton County Election Commission decided unanimously Monday.
October 7, 2008
McCain will help GOP in Tennessee, Ramsey says
U.S. Sen. John McCain’s name at the top of Tennessee ballots might tip the balance in the state Senate toward the GOP, said Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville.
October 7, 2008
Highlights

State Politics

Tennnessee faces continued budget crisis
October 8, 2008
A sweeping $106 million emergency budget reduction announced Tuesday probably will not be the last sacrifice Tennessee’s public service agencies will have to make in these tough economic times, according to state Finance Commissioner Dave Goetz.

National Politics

Nashville: Voter questions add element of surprise to Tuesday’s debate
October 6, 2008
While Tennessee is not a presidential battleground state, residents will supply some “ammunition” Tuesday as Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama square off here in the second presidential debate.
Bush: Act now, avoid recession
September 25, 2008

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