Anyone looking to run for Chattanooga mayor or City Council has just over a month to get on the March 4 ballot. Want to find out who's running and who's funding them? Here's how.
Voters living in unincorporated Hamilton County (folks outside any city or town limits) will find booze on their Nov. 5 ballots. Here's what that means.
Get a behind-the-scenes view of the ballot counting and election security procedures at the Hamilton County Election Commission.
The mayor of Trostyanets, Ukraine, visited Chattanooga seeking local expertise to help the city recover from Russian occupation.
Accra, Ghana, joined a growing list of Chattanooga’s municipal siblings and friends across the globe. But what’s the history and purpose of the partnership program?
Fitch Ratings downgraded the City of Chattanooga’s credit rating, a marker of how well the government can repay its debts. The main reason? Income inequality among Chattanoogans.
After Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Alex McVeagh won election to higher office, it fell to the county commission to pick his interim successor. Here’s why sessions court and the person presiding on the bench matter.
As developers broke ground on the new Lookouts stadium, here’s a look back at how the funding came together, and who’s on the hook for the $115 million project.
Chattanooga City Council gave the final OK to the city's upcoming fiscal year budget. From a decline in property tax growth to $2 million for a new skatepark, here are some key budget takeaways.
The Hamilton County School Board has two options for a school employee pay package in the upcoming budget: a 5% raise that Superintendent Justin Robertson presented to the County Commission or a 3% pay bump proposed by County Mayor Weston Wamp in response. School board members will vote on June 20 whether to send the budget — including one of the pay plans or a third, reworked option — to the County Commission for final approval.
The Hamilton County Commission will vote June 26 on a budget passed by the school board. It includes around $20 million in extra local funds for teachers raises, a far higher compensation package than in the budget proposal favored by County Mayor Weston Wamp.
Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Justin Robertson is asking for an extra $21 million in county tax revenues to provide raises for all full-time HCS employees. It's up to the County Commission to OK his proposed budget.
For many years, Chattanooga and other cities grew rapidly through annexation. But about a decade ago, Tennessee laws changed to make it much more difficult for cities to grow in this way.
Operators at the Hamilton County 911 Center are the very first response to over 2000 emergency calls that come in each day. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at what happens when you call 911.
The number of shooting incidents in Chattanooga hit a 10-year low in 2022. What can we do locally to make sure violence continues to decline?
Chattanooga’s Smart Community Collaborative looks for data-driven solutions to local problems — and for buy-in from the community.
Tax Increment Financing is the first step in the city's plan to revitalize South Chattanooga with development centered around a new Lookouts stadium.
With a budget of around $1 billion, the Hamilton County Commission uses its funding control to direct policy across county departments, from public schools to the county jail to the Health Department.
How the Tennessee primary system works and what to expect at your polling place.
Chattanooga City Council approved a final proposal from Mayor Tim Kelly's administration about how to fund the new Lookouts stadium. Here's what's in it.
In Tennessee, all meetings of government bodies must be open to the public, and citizens have the right to request records of any government business done the local and state level, including officials’ emails and texts.
An extra $32 million is needed to cover projected increase in stadium construction costs. That's in addition to the $80 million in bonds already authorized by the City of Chattanooga and Hamilton County.
Most condemned houses get back up to code, but with the city’s limited demolition budget, some can stay boarded up for a long, long time.
Tim Kelly and Weston Wamp may share the job title “mayor,” but they are leaders of two fundamentally different types of government with different sets of responsibilities.
A survey from the city presents two options for a redesign of Frazier Avenue. Favor more walkability and patio spaces for business? Want to see bike lanes? You can give your feedback at cha.city/frazier.
Cutting ribbons and shaking hands are part of any mayor’s job. But acting as chief executive and running day-to-day city operations? Depending on the city, it may or may not be in the job description.
Hamilton County commissioners rejected an April 17 proposal to tighten the rules for public comments about non-agenda items at the end of meetings.
The City of Red Bank is completely surrounded by the City of Chattanooga. Here's how Chattanooga's history of annexation has played out over the last two centuries.
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency has a new tool allowing the public to monitor construction in the county.
Chattanooga’s open data portal, chattadata.org, lets you dig into a catalog of hundreds of public datasets, including police incidents and city spending.
Chattamatters interviewed Marie Mott and Marvene Noel, the two finalists for the Chattanooga City Council District 8 seat. They will compete in a runoff election on September 15, 2022.
We spoke with UTC Professor of Public Administration Chris Acuff about what the four state constitutional amendments on the Nov. 8 ballot really mean.
