Members of the Hamilton County delegation were peppered with questions Tuesday morning at the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce's legislative kickoff.

Tennessee Sen. Kenneth Yager's recent arrest while driving a campaign-funded car on a Georgia vacation sheds renewed light on the pitfalls of lawmakers' practice of dipping into campaign finances to lease or purchase vehicles.

Donald Trump announced that attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon would run the civil rights division of the Department of Justice. Dhillon has a reputation for being a rabid Trump loyalist — and a vitriolic opponent of equal rights for trans people and trans youth in particular.