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Chattanooga school agrees to pay $100,000 after an 11-year-old was arrested under threats of mass violence law

Paige PflegerandAliyya Swaby, ProPublica

May 28, 2025

Junior was handcuffed and arrested for allegedly making a threat. His family agreed to a settlement in their lawsuit against his school.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Chattanooga, juvenile justice, threats of mass violence

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

Kristin M. Hall, AP

April 20, 2024

Twice in recent years, workers at the Chattanooga plant have rejected union membership. But this time, they voted convincingly for the UAW, which is operating under new leadership directly elected by members for the first time and basking in a successful confrontation with Detroit’s major automakers.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Chattanooga, Labor unions, UAW, union, Unionization, United Auto Workers, Volkswagen

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee could change the trajectory of unions in the South

Stephen Bisaha

April 19, 2024

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In what could be a historic election, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., conclude three days of voting on whether to unionize with the United Auto Workers.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Chattanooga, Labor unions, UAW, union, Unionization, United Auto Workers, Volkswagen

‘How do I move more people?’: As Nashville aims for major transit funding, data efforts are already happening to improve trips

Cynthia Abrams

April 1, 2024

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As Nashville works to overhaul its transit system through a referendum this November, other efforts to improve WeGo’s efficiency are already in the works.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: AI, CARTA, Chattanooga, public transit, transit agencies, transit study, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University, WeGo

Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory ask for vote on representation by United Auto Workers union

The Associated Press

March 18, 2024

Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers’ effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. The union said workers at the factory filed paperwork Monday with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union representation election. Volkswagen said it respected the right of workers to determine who should represent them.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Chattanooga, UAW, Volkswagen

Interactive Chart: Coronavirus Outbreaks In Tennessee Counties From The Start Of The Pandemic To Now

Rachel Iacovone

August 11, 2020

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Tennessee reached its highest number of active coronavirus cases over the weekend — with more than 40,000 Tennesseans contagious on Sunday. Rural areas have begun to catch up to the hotspots, but the state’s largest metro areas have been facing major outbreaks for months now.

Filed Under: Coronavirus In Depth, Coronavirus Live Updates, WPLN News Tagged With: Chattanooga, Coronavirus In Tennessee, hamilton county, memphis, shelby county

Masks — And Difficulties Mandating Them — Draw Reactions From Tennessee Mayors

Alexis Marshall

June 30, 2020

Gov Bill Lee mask

As cases of the coronavirus climb statewide, local leaders across Tennessee are wrestling with how to reduce the spread, and reacting to limitations that prevent them from mandating masks like in Nashville.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Andy Berke, Chattanooga, Coronavirus In Tennessee, masks, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Smyrna

Chattanooga Tornado Victims Will Be Placed In Hotels To Protect Against Coronavirus

Samantha Max

April 14, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee said in Chattanooga today that precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of the virus among those displaced by deadly tornadoes that ripped through the area late Sunday night. “Instead of the traditional American Red Cross shelters, in a gymnasium or in a church, we’re utilizing hotels, so that people can […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Andy Berke, Bill Lee, Chattanooga, Coronavirus In Tennessee, Tennessee Tornadoes

Chattanooga School Dismissed Concerns From School Bus Driver Before Fatal Crash, Report Finds

Blake Farmer

May 22, 2018

Chattanooga’s Woodmore Elementary School had dismissed a bus driver’s concerns about onboard discipline before a fatal crash that killed six students in 2016, according to a long-awaited report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. 

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Chattanooga, News

Tennessee Could Be The Star In Next Week’s State Of The Union Address

Chas Sisk

January 16, 2015

President Barack Obama has been touting two Tennessee programs in the lead-up to his State of the Union address.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Andy Berke, Barack Obama, Bill Haslam, broadband, Chattanooga, State of the Union, Tennessee Promise

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