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Posted: Sunday - Nov. 8, 2009
10% of WWTA work may go to contractors
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.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
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Deal touts state over federal emphasis
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.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
Corker, Fleischmann weigh in on elections
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.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 6, 2009
Split over measures for school progress
In the absence of achievement grades worth celebrating, Hamilton County Schools officials this week tried to shift the focus to value-added scores.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
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Ramsey, commissioners ask for school plan
Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey and several county commissioners say the school system needs a plan to boost achievement -- and soon.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
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County accepts Life Care building
Hamilton County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to accept the donation of a recently closed $5.9 million nursing home.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
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Hamilton County: Scales tells commission that schools have 'not failed’
The Hamilton County school system “has not failed,” Superintendent Jim Scales said this morning.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
Plumbers question pay, bonding, background checks
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.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
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Flood damage still not tallied
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.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
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More than prisoner counts to house inmates
On paper, it appears that the privately managed Silverdale Detention Center can house more inmates at a lower cost than the Hamilton County Jail.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 1, 2009
Reporters Notebook: Commission defers vote on donation
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.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
Davidson GOP ousts Wamp, Haslam critic
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.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
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Lasley out; Lloyd chosen as magistrate
In a close vote Thursday, Hamilton County commissioners voted to replace Judicial Commissioner Marty Lasley with attorney Jennifer Lloyd.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
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Shuttered nursing home donated to county
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.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 29, 2009
Hamilton County officials call on city to reconsider stormwater fee increase
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.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 29, 2009
Hamilton County: Three magistrates rehired, one replaced
Hamilton County commissioners voted Thursday to keep all but one of the county magistrates on the job.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 29, 2009
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No Democrats so far in race to replace Deal
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.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 28, 2009
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Health care reform ‘would benefit’ rural Americans
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.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 28, 2009
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Dozens gather to find out about VW jobs
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.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 27, 2009
Chattanooga: Dozens meet to hear about VW jobs
Several dozen job seekers gathered at Orchard Knob Baptist Church this evening to hear about job opportunities at the new Volkswagen plant.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 27, 2009
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Afghan war top question for Corker
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.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 26, 2009
Corker fields questions from feisty Pikeville crowd
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.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 26, 2009
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Climate bill leaves senators in the cold
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.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 25, 2009
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State inmates costly to local taxpayers
Hamilton County taxpayers have shelled out $8.5 million to pay for state prisoners in local jails over the last 15 years, an audit shows.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 24, 2009
Insurers, area lawmakers sour on antitrust measure
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.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 22, 2009
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County distances itself from city fee
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.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 21, 2009
Hamilton County: Commissioners take heat for city water fee
Hamilton County commissioners said they have gotten complaints from small-business owners and residents about an increase in the city of Chattanooga’s water quality fee.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 21, 2009
Protest group attempts to get same-sex marriage licenses
When about 16 people stepped into the Hamilton County clerk's courthouse office late Tuesday morning to get marriage licenses, officials turned them away for one reason: They were same-sex couples.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 20, 2009
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Hamilton County: Protesters denied same-sex marriage licenses
As part of a protest, a group of about eight same-sex couples was turned away today when they attempted to obtain marriage licenses.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 20, 2009
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GOP open to Williams return after amends
For Tennessee House Speaker Kent Williams to get back in the good graces of the state GOP will be tough, but not impossible, party chairman Chris Devaney said Monday.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 19, 2009
Rep. Williams has steep climb to win GOP’s favor, official says
Chris Devaney, chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, said Monday that state House Speaker Kent Williams has a long way to go to get back into the state GOP.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 19, 2009
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On tax equity, it’s the path taken
Though annexation and government consolidation both likely would mean higher taxes for residents in unincorporated Hamilton County areas, there’s one major difference between the two, annexation opponents say.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 18, 2009
County commissioners seen in new light
Audience members at Thursday’s Hamilton County Commission saw commissioners in a whole different light. That’s because the lights that usually illuminate the dais where commissioners sit were out.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 17, 2009
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Candidates stake out platform positions
Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tenn., each played host to a candidate for Tennessee governor Friday, with one pleading for education improvements while the other promised to get tough on drugs.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 16, 2009
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WWTA figures out pay plan for plumbers
Hamilton County commissioners will vote next week whether to give local plumbers the opportunity to do work for the county's Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority without having to go through a lengthy bidding process.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 15, 2009
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GOP senators minimize support for health reform
The one GOP "yes" vote Tuesday on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's health care bill is no predictor of how Republicans will view the bill that comes to the Senate floor, senators from Tennessee and Georgia said.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 15, 2009
Chattanooga: Hamilton County Commission to vote on WWTA/plumbers agreement
Hamilton County commissioners will vote next week on a resolution that the attorney for the county’s Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority says will make it easier for local plumbers to work with the authority.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 14, 2009
Fleischmann reports $372K raised
Chattanooga attorney Chuck Fleischmann, who led Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District race in fundraising last quarter, today reported having raised in campaign funds $372,000 between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 of this year.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 14, 2009
Mowbray Mountain shooting range to reopen this month
Shooters will be back blasting clay pigeons on Mowbray Mountain in less than two weeks, said the attorney for owners of Montlake Classic Clays shooting range.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 13, 2009
Smith announces campaign finances
Hixson resident Robin Smith, a candidate for Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District, announced today she had raised more than $149,000 between July 1 and Sept. 30.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 13, 2009
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Montlake shooting range to reopen
Nearly a year after Chancellor Howell Peoples ordered it closed, the Montlake Classic Clays shooting range will reopen, its owners announced.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 12, 2009
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Hopefuls split on faith factor in race
When Tennessee voters step into the voting booths next year, religious faith will be a factor in whose name they mark on the ballot, about half of the 2010 gubernatorial candidates said.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 11, 2009
County leaders recognize Bennett’s honor
Hamilton County commissioners spent about a third of their Tuesday meeting congratulating Assessor Bill Bennett on his lifetime achievement award from the Tennessee Association of Assessing Officers.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 10, 2009
Corker, Alexander slam health care reform costs
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said in a news release this week that the health care reform bill being debated in the Senate Finance Committee could cost Tennessee $735 million.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 10, 2009
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Wamp criticized for union legislation
U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., has taken some heat over his support of legislation that provides collective bargaining rights to police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 8, 2009
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Metro: A dirty word?
Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield wants to marry the city’s government to that of Hamilton County.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 8, 2009
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Municipalities’ reactions to consolidation mixed
The mayors of some of the Hamilton County cities outside Chattanooga say they might have an interest in combining services with the city and the county, but others are adamantly against it.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 7, 2009
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Hamilton County: Ramsey open to, but cautious on consolidation
Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey said today that he’s willing to work with Chattanooga officials and those from other cities to consolidate services, but he warned that it will take time and scrutiny.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 7, 2009
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Officials tout phone assistance programs
Hamilton County commissioners and state lawmakers said Tuesday they will support efforts to boost two programs meant to help low-income households obtain telephone service.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 6, 2009
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Property tax bills arrive; some surprised at tab
Hamilton County's trustee and county commissioners say they're not hearing too many responses to the tax bills property owners have been receiving over the past week, but some taxpayers say they were shocked.
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