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7 Apr 2023
UPDATE: Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest that called for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
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4 Nov 2020
UPDATE: Incumbent state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, emerged the winner Tuesday night in his hard-fought Senate District 10 race with Democrat Glenn Scruggs.
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18 Aug 2020
Tennessee State Rep. Mike Carter, who has been hospitalized in intensive care with a coronavirus infection, says he is starting to feel better. timesfreepress.com/news/loca…
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18 Aug 2020
State Democrats said Monday they hope to make political gains in fall elections against the Tennessee General Assembly's House and Senate Republican super majorities in hopes of having more impact on policy.
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17 Aug 2020
Tennessee state Rep. Mike Carter, an Ooltewah Republican, was hospitalized Sunday in the intensive care unit of Erlanger hospital with a coronavirus infection.
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15 Aug 2020
On July 29, Brittney Whidden received a phone call from the Rutherford County Election Commission. While her husband's absentee ballot had been approved, hers would not be. timesfreepress.com/news/loca…
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15 Aug 2020
Tennessee is expanding its financial relief program for small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic this spring. timesfreepress.com/news/busi…
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13 Aug 2020
Tennessee lawmakers on Wednesday voted largely along partisan lines to approve a bill providing sweeping legal protections from COVID-19 lawsuits, as well as a measure cracking down on protests amid recent social unrest. timesfreepress.com/news/loca…
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12 Aug 2020
Republican Gov. Bill Lee's legislation substantially raises the legal bar for anyone filing suit alleging loss, damage, injury or death from the coronavirus must prove a defendant's "gross negligence or willful misconduct." timesfreepress.com/news/loca…
11 Aug 2020
Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston is raising objections with local legislators over a bill to allow Tennessee's attorney general to step in if local prosecutors decline to pursue criminal charges against protesters.
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11 Aug 2020
Coronavirus hospitalizations are stable or declining in areas of Tennessee such as Hamilton County — where face masks are mandated in public — and growing in areas without such requirements, according to a new report.
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8 Aug 2020
Activists from Chattanooga and Atlanta banded together Friday night for a fiery resurgence to this summer's marathon protests against police brutality in honor of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, curating "good trouble" in Chattanooga's Bushtown. timesfreepress.com/news/loca…
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8 Aug 2020
In some parts of Tennessee, including Hamilton County, the trend of new daily COVID-19 cases shows signs of improving, indicating that public health interventions such as public face mask mandates may be helping to slow the growth of some local outbreaks.
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7 Aug 2020
In the counties surrounding Chattanooga in Southeast Tennessee, voters this week elected new mayors, new property assessors — and even approved a new sales tax. Here are highlights of balloting during Thursday’s election: timesfreepress.com/news/loca…
7 Aug 2020
UPDATE: With the help of his former boss, President Donald Trump, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty has won the Republican primary for Tennessee's open U.S. Senate, The Associated Press is projecting.
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7 Aug 2020
UPDATE: A push to elect two new conservatives to the Hamilton County Schools board failed at the polls Thursday night, but voters handily reelected conservative Rhonda Thurman despite a challenge from a candidate backed by the teacher's union.
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7 Aug 2020
Several incumbents running for reelection in their House districts comfortably won their primaries Thursday.
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7 Aug 2020
As of 9:50 p.m. with 53 of 135 voting locations reporting, incumbents Rhonda Thurman and Joe Wingate along with newcomer Marco Perez were ahead in early returns for the Hamilton County school board.
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7 Aug 2020
U.S. Senate candidate Bill Hagerty began his election day campaigning in Chattanooga to propel local Republicans to vote for him in Thursday's GOP primary.
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6 Aug 2020
Hagerty, who says he will feel nervous until the race is called but is confident in the outcome, says he started the morning with media appearances encouraging voter turnout because he represents the true conservative values of Tennesseans.
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