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A resolution that would have prohibited new short term vacation rentals in residential zones of unincorporated Hamilton County failed to pass the County Commission and was sent back to a committee for tweaking over the next 30 days.
If, as two Hamilton County commissioners allege, the county's pension committee hasn't been updated since its creation more than 80 years ago, or at least in the last several decades, then state legislation that helps reconstitute the committee is probably in order.
With two members hoping to see payments increase, Hamilton County commissioners are asking state legislators for help reconstituting an inactive committee that oversees their pension plan.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Northwest Georgia, was one of just two House Republicans last week to vote against new House Speaker Mike Johnson's bill to provide $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel in the nation's war with Iran-backed Hamas militants.
One year into his first term, Commissioner Jeff Eversole, R-Ooltewah, narrowly beat Commissioner Joe Graham, R-Lookout Valley, on Wednesday to serve as the next chair of the Hamilton County Commission.