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Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 18, 2009
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City Council OKs sewer fee increase
The City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday night for an average 70 cent-per-month increase on sewer user fees, even as some council members grumbled that now is not the time to raise payments.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 17, 2009
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
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Tea Party returns to D.C.
For the second time in two months, Chattanooga Tea Party members have traveled to the nation’s capital to protest domestic policy.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
Red Bank suspends temporary sign fee
Red Bank city commissioners voted Tuesday to study the town's policy on temporary signs and put in place a 60-day moratorium on the fees businesses incur for displaying them.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
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Work at VW site drives capital budget increase
A proposed capital improvement budget jumped almost $25 million over a year because of spending for the Enterprise South industrial park and the building of fire departments and sewers in annexed areas, records show.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 25, 2009
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Littlefield’s big ambitions
Mayor Ron Littlefield has proposed building a services center for the homeless, making the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library a nationally recognized facility, seeing a high-speed rail line to Atlanta become a reality and expanding the city’s boundaries.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 21, 2009
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City drops residential area from annexation
The City Council voted 8-1 Tuesday night on first reading to annex a small area on the side of Lookout Mountain and areas on Hixson Pike.
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
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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: Thursday - Oct. 15, 2009
Fleischmann reports warchest of $372,000
Chattanooga attorney Chuck Fleischmann, who led Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District race in fundraising last quarter, on Wednesday reported having raised $372,000 between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 14, 2009
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City Council approves annexing 2 more sites
The City Council voted Tuesday night to annex two more areas off Old Lee Highway as the city continues to take in commercial property.
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: Friday - Oct. 9, 2009
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Health care change pushed
The need for health care reform helped bond both the young and old who filled a back room at the downtown YMCA on Thursday evening.
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 - Sept. 29, 2009
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Traffic study to resume on Barton Avenue
The city will conduct one more traffic study on Barton Avenue to determine whether to permanently take down the reversible-lane signals, an official says.
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Local Politics

City Council OKs sewer fee increase
The City Council voted 6-3 Tuesday night for an average 70 cent-per-month increase on sewer user fees, even as ...
Adams to step down from commission
Tea Party returns to D.C.
Red Bank suspends temporary sign fee

Regional Politics

County takes grants for cars, vaccine
Hamilton County commissioners voted Wednesday to accept federal funds for two cars for the Sheriff’s Office and for flu ...
Alexander: Health care bill disastrous
Commission OKs VW supplier tax break
Council waits on capital budget

State Politics

9,800 deceased people on state’s voter rolls
NASHVILLE — State Election Coordinator Mark Goins said Friday his office tentatively has identified at least 9,800 dead people ...
McWherter touts his experience as a businessman
Bredesen: Only tough choices on budget
Cleveland's Patten enters race for state Senate

National Politics

State Rep. Floyd calls Obama 'socialist'
NASHVILLE -- State Rep. Richard Floyd, R-Chattanooga, ventured into national gun politics this week with an e-mail to GOP ...
House passes health care bill in close vote
GOP senators minimize support for health reform
Survey: Rumors about Obama find acceptance among Tennesseans
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