Louie Brogdon
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Chattanooga's elderly, disabled veterans may start paying water quality fees
The city of Chattanooga is asking state delegates to help keep nearly 2,000 of the city's poorest residents from having substantial new bills to pay. → Read More
Hamilton County Commission seeks to give discretionary funds back
Hamilton County Commissioner Joe Graham says he wants to give $100,000 in discretionary funds back to the county rainy day fund. → Read More
Councilman proposes raising minimum wage across the Scenic City
On the heels of Labor Day weekend, Chattanooga is the latest city to join a national movement aiming to raise minimum wages within municipal boundaries. But the first hurdle for the Scenic City may be clearing a wall set by the state. → Read More
Chattanooga to consider minimum wage for city employees
Chattanooga City Councilman Moses Freeman has asked his fellow council members to sponsor legislation to set a minimum wage for city employees. → Read More
Police take aim at $300,000 to repair Moccasin Bend firing range
Local, state and federal officials all agree that the law enforcement firing range on Moccasin Bend needs a new home. But after decades of promises, debate and a false start, local police say the gun range immediately needs about $300,000 in repairs and upgrades. → Read More
Ashley Madison leak may not spark rise in divorces
About one in every 22 people in the Chattanooga region were customers of the Ashley Madison cheating website, but relationship experts say they don't expect a flood of divorces coming down the pipe. → Read More
Chattanooga updating aged tech-infrastructure
The Gig City's government is going Google. → Read More
Rubio focuses on defense, debt and American Dream
Before speaking to several hundred Chattanoogans at Lindsay Street Hall on Thursday, presidential candidate Marco Rubio paid tribute to the five U.S. servicemen killed in the July 16 attack in Chattanooga at their Lee Highway memorial. → Read More
Commission gets new leadership, expands county power and denies pension for school employees
Hamilton County commissioners on Wednesday elected new leaders, granted more power to county code enforcers and denied a request by the school system to offer its lowest-paid new workers pension benefits. → Read More
Islam is communism with a god, Sheriff Jim Hammond says
Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond just told the Hamilton County Pachyderm Club that Islam is communism with a god. → Read More
Businesses lament North Market traffic changes
Traffic changes on North Market Street have irked some business owners, but Chattanooga officials say more changes are coming that will clear up confusion and make the road safer. → Read More
Chattanooga looking for ways to save on protected bike lane network
Chattanooga officials are looking for ways to keep nearly $100,000 from leaving the city coffers — or at least leverage it for grant money. The scramble came after the City Council voted Tuesday to expand a year-old contract to design a network of protected bike lanes throughout downtown. → Read More
Commissioners propose spending but decline retirement change for school workers
Hamilton County commissioners are considering using more than $33,000 of county tax dollars on discretionary spending, including giving money to nonprofit agencies. → Read More
Hamilton County Commissioners to consider $33,000 in discretionary expenses
Hamilton County Commissioners may be spending a combined $33,737 on six discretionary projects, some of which are for municipalities. → Read More
New city employee rule book clears final council vote
Chattanooga Council members passed a final rule book for city employees Tuesday after weeks of debate and a final attempt last week to remove specific harassment protections for gay and transgender city employees. → Read More
East Ridge earthmoving for Bass Pro Shops changes nearby floodplain
The new Bass Pro Shops coming to East Ridge is expected to shift the city's economic future. But elevating the land around Interstate 75's Exit 1 high enough to build on also shifted the area's flood plain -- not that anyone seems to be complaining. → Read More
Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke says he has no plans to run for governor
Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke says he's flattered that Tennessee Senate Democrats think he'd make a great governor, but he's strictly focused on running the Scenic City. → Read More
Local, federal employee emails turn up on hacked adultery website database
Hamilton County, Chattanooga and other area government agencies are launching internal investigations after their email addresses turned up in a hacked database of user information for Ashley Madison, a website that helps connect cheating spouses. → Read More
Presidential candidate Sen. Rubio to come to Scenic City for rally, fundraiser
Chattanooga will be visited by another Republican presidential candidate next month. → Read More
Hamilton County taxpayers to chip in on Bass Pro Shop improvements
Hamilton County taxpayers will pass $1 million along to the city of East Ridge to help pay for infrastructure related to the much-awaited Bass Pro Shop at the state's southern Interstate 75 gateway. → Read More