
Ellen Gerst
Reporter at Chattanooga Times Free Press
local @TimesFreePress, recovering Californian. (she/her) [email protected]
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1 week ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ellen Gerst
The most popular hemp product in Tennessee will likely soon be pulled from shelves after lawmakers on Thursday voted to pass a bill placing limits on THCa.The bill also moves oversight of legal hemp sales from agriculture to alcohol regulators, taking effect by the start of 2026, and changes how products are taxed and where they can be sold. "It closes what's become known as the lettuce loophole," Sen. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, said after the vote passed.
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1 week ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ellen Gerst
Hamilton County planning commissioners approved proposals including a large mixed-use development on Broad Street and plans to tear down an abandoned tower next to Finley Stadium to make way for housing.
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1 week ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ellen Gerst
Planning commissioners on Monday voted against a request to allow warehouses and other non-residential buildings on a pair of lots on Mountain View Road in Ooltewah, after dozens of residents came out against the proposal.
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1 week ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ellen Gerst
What’s going there? 5 construction projects to be reviewed Monday 12 minutes ago by Ellen Gerst Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / The vacant Parkway Towers building across from Finley Stadium is seen March 21, 2025. The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission is set to meet Monday to review a new batch of applications for construction projects that could shape the area.
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2 weeks ago |
timesfreepress.com | Ellen Gerst
In an attempt to win the support of skeptical neighbors worried about gentrification, plans for a 192-acre tract off Tunnel Boulevard in Eastdale have changed.
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