Only one challenger had picked up paperwork as of Monday afternoon to run in next year’s Hamilton County elections, according to the Hamilton County Election Commission.
While state Sen. Roy Herron touts his recent string of wins in straw polls in his campaign for governor, some of his Democratic opponents question their value.
After some City Council members said they thought someone else could do his job, the Rev. Mike Feely's contract as a personal liaison for the city between the Hispanic and homeless communities was barely renewed.
Mike McWherter, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate and the son of former Gov. Ned McWherter, said Friday his experience as a businessman is what sets him apart from the pack in the upcoming primary.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike McWherter, son of former Gov. Ned McWherter, was unable to make it to the Hamilton County Democratic Party's Estes Kefauver Dinner on Monday, and at least one of his primary opponents commented on his absence.
As many plumbers complete paperwork needed to participate in a Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority sewer line repair and replacement program, a threatened lawsuit could derail the plan, the authority's attorney said.
Hamilton County Commissioner John Allen Brooks criticized the city's decision to increase its water quality fee and called today's public meeting on the issue a "charade."
County Commissioner John Allen Brooks said this morning said he believes the public meeting on the city of Chattanooga’s water quality fee increase, scheduled for Thursday, is a “charade.”
County Commissioner John Allen Brooks this morning said he believes the public meeting on the city of Chattanooga’s water quality fee increase, scheduled for Thursday, is a “charade.”
Jobs and the economy were the focus of the four Democratic gubernatorial candidates who spoke at the Hamilton County Democratic Party's Estes Kefauver Dinner on Monday night at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo.
NASHVILLE -- Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam's Republican gubernatorial campaign announced Friday that he has raised another $1 million since his June 30 report.
In remarks on the Senate floor this week, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said he agreed with President Barack Obama that the only health reform plan that could be effective is one that lowers costs.
Hamilton County commissioners voted 8-0 Thursday to provide a 14-year tax break to Gestamp Corp., a Volkswagen supplier that plans to bring 230 jobs to Chattanooga.
Days after the U.S. House passed what the President called a “historic” health care reform bill, many in both the health care and political arenas are doubtful a final bill will emerge before the end of the year.
Three years after Hamilton County voters approved a ballot initiative for a seniors' tax freeze, county commissioners are in no hurry to implement one.
Mike Carter, attorney for the Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority, told county commissioners Wednesday that the authority may have to hire a contractor to do some work for them.
The Georgia and Tennessee gubernatorial candidates who hail from the Chattanooga area are now both running on a platform that includes states' rights as a plank.
Though there were no major Tennessee races in Tuesday’s elections, U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and attorney Chuck Fleischmann, a Republican candidate for Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District, commented on the day’s significance.
Some local plumbers said Monday night that they were uneasy about requirements and pay levels in a Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority sewer line repair and replacement program.
Officials from two of the Northwest Georgia counties hardest hit by flooding last month say they still are not sure just how much damage was done, even though state and federal emergency workers are gone.
Hamilton County commissioners were all set to vote Thursday on accepting a $5.9 million building from Life Care Centers of America, but decided to hold off a week because a guarantee title wasn't available.
The Davidson County Republican Party voted Tuesday to remove First Vice Chairman Matt Collins, a vocal critic of gubernatorial candidates U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, from his position on the party's executive committee.
Less than two months after Life Care Center of Chattanooga closed its doors following a violation-ridden state inspection report, the nursing home's parent company has donated the now-vacant facility to Hamilton County.
Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey and Commissioner Bill Hullander asked the city of Chattanooga today to take another look at its stormwater fees, which recently increased substantially.
You'll need both hands to count the number of Republicans running in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., in Congress, but Democrats so far have barely lifted a finger.
Rural Americans have a tough time getting and affording health care, and they need health care reform, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday.
As rain trickled down outside, several dozen curious people gathered Tuesday evening at Orchard Knob Baptist Church on East Third Street to find out more about what they’ll need to get hired at Chattanooga’s new Volkswagen plant.
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. — U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., met with a friendly Bledsoe County crowd Monday, but a few audience members had some tough words for him about the war in Afghanistan.
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., fielded questions today from a lunch crowd in Pikeville, Tenn., on topics including health care reform, the war in Afghanistan and a climate bill.
Senators from Tennessee and Georgia say there’s not much that would warm them up to a bill that calls for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020.
Federal legislation that would repeal a law exempting health insurers from antitrust provisions took heat Friday from insurers and members of Congress from Tennessee and Georgia.
Hamilton County commissioners were quick to say Wednesday that they didn't have anything to do with an increase in the city of Chattanooga's stormwater fee.