At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing on corporate environmental responsibility and innovation last week, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R- Tenn.) praised Tennessee-based Eastman Chemical Company and FedEx on their ability to “save resources and save money” through sustainability. Representatives from both companies were invited to testify at the hearing ... (click for more)

Comcast Chattanooga is continuing to make the Internet more accessible for low-income families in its  Chattanooga  service area through Internet Essentials, a comprehensive broadband adoption program.   The company originally launched Internet Essentials in August 2011, but has expanded the program’s eligibility to include qualified families with ... (click for more)

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to Baa1 from A3 the rating assigned to Erlanger Health System's $172 million of outstanding bonds issued by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority. The outlook is negative at the lower rating level, the report says. Erlanger has lost over $17 million this fiscal year and reported a $771,000 loss for April on Monday night. ... (click for more)

Losses at Erlanger at Hutcheson Hospital rose to $1.9 million in April. It was the fifth straight month of increasing losses at the Fort Oglethorpe facility, dating back to $894,354 last December. Board members of the hospital that serves three North Georgia counties had little comment at a finance committee meeting on Wednesday attended by administrator Roger Forgey, a former ... (click for more)

I've watched how some in the media have attacked Scottie Mayfield for not debating. I've never been to a debate, and I am not going to vote for someone because they are able to remember and recite from memory, the well crafted answers they came up with the night before.   Often times, candidates focus on attacking each other instead of influencing undecided voters on any ... (click for more)

As Jackie McConnell was being told he now faces up to five years in prison and a multitude of other penalties after pleading guilty to just one of 48 counts in violation of the Horse Protection Act on Tuesday, the outcry from Tennessee Walking Horse owners was incredible and there is a groundswell of support growing to either clean up a very crooked industry or actually ban it. ... (click for more)