State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today that 2019 was another banner year for Georgia, with increases in jobs, work force and employed residents. In fact, the year-end numbers in all three categories were record highs, preliminary numbers showed. At the same time, the December unemployment rate was another record low. “Georgia closed out 2019 on a very high note,” ... (click for more)

Governor Bill Lee appointed five new members to the Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments, which manages the application process, interviews candidates, and makes a recommendation to the governor for vacancies in the Tennessee appellate courts, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, or the Tennessee Claims Commission. The new board members are: Jessalyn (Jessie) Ziegler, ... (click for more)

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a head-on crash on Highway 58 on Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 1:50 p.m., Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Investigators were dispatched to a crash near the 12400 block of Highway 58. Upon arrival it was found that one person was deceased and the other seriously injured. One person was transported to a ... (click for more)

Signal Mill on the North Shore at 205 Manufacturers Road has sold for $13,520,000. Sitting on 2.89 acres, Signal Mill is a modern, adaptive re-use of an early 1900's era textile mill. The property was originally Signal Knitting Mills, opened by William Murphey and a group of Chattanooga businessmen. Mr. Murphey, a textile engineer from Georgia, brought his expertise to Chattanooga ... (click for more)

The behavior of our local radical left women was abusive and uncalled for. The next Woman’s Rally and March should be lessons in common decency and civility towards other women. Interrupting an invited female speaker with displays of yelling and holding up disparaging signs is wrong. The women before me that broke the barriers in male-dominated professions would be embarrassed ... (click for more)

With all of the hoopla over transgendered athletes, you need to know there is a woman out there who is eager to be a ‘trans-species.’ She wants to be a bear. Not only that, but one night a mysterious Marine showed up in a hospital to stand final watch. And, as if that is not enough, a dog just answered a question that we human beings cannot. Almost every day I enjoy my Morning Readings, ... (click for more)