With part of the Chattanooga City Charter ruled invalid Tuesday, members of the City Council said they want to begin another rewrite of the charter to ensure it complies with state statutes.
They bonded together as they held protest signs, sitting inside City Council chambers while council members night after night tried to chart a course for the city’s financial future.
A judge ruled Friday that one of the men pushing for a recall of Mayor Ron Littlefield can intervene in a lawsuit the mayor has filed to stop the recall.
A Chattanooga city councilman blasted the city administration Wednesday for not fully complying with his open records request, while Mayor Ron Littlefield’s attorney said a court hearing could come as soon as Friday in the recall effort.
A series of e-mail exchanges between Mayor Ron Littlefield and the president of the Chattanooga Tea Party show the mayor’s growing anger at the group’s recall effort.
The group that will now manage the Chattanooga Zoo couldn’t find loan forgiveness Tuesday, but it did come up with an agreement to help it repay some of the money the zoo owes.
Groups backing the ouster of Mayor Ron Littlefield are not required to disclose any finances to state or local officials and at least one advocacy group says that poses a potential problem.
Red Bank’s last police chief inspired three $1.5 million lawsuits against the city, so officials say they’re looking for a new direction as they replace him.
The quickest route ever to becoming Chattanooga mayor could open this week if the Hamilton County Election Commission certifies petitions for the first mayoral recall in Chattanooga’s history.
East Ridge elected officials turned to an unlikely source for an analysis of how the city ended its most recent fiscal year with a $701,308 deficit — the finance department director who is losing her job on Sept. 30.