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A Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony will be held Monday at the Doughboy statue in Johnson City’s Memorial Park.

Letters: Should our representatives be term limited? With Monday’s Question of the Week, we asked readers whether state and federal representatives should be subject to term limits. Here are some of the responses we received. Stop making millionaires Yes, there should be term limits to our Tennessee representatives and also our United States senators. Seems after they get elected they no longer represent the people who voted for them, and their campaign promises vanish into thin air as special lobbyist groups start padding their lifestyles and making them millionaires. Term limits may st...

The three Republican members of the Washington County Election Commission have been replaced. The Tennessee Election Commission voted earlier this week to appoint Phyllis Fox, a former administrator at Milligan University; Gary McAllister, a former Washington County commissioner; and John Abe Teague, who served as 1st District director for former Congressman Phil Roe, as Republicans on the five-member board. They will succeed the Washington County election board’s current Chairwoman Janet W. McKee, and Election Commissioners Patti Jarrett and Jon Ruetz. Democratic members Margaret Davis,...

Congress' most effective lawmakers aren't generally its household names Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY © J. Scott Applewhite, AP The Capitol is seen at dusk as work in the Senate is stalled on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021. Despite high approval ratingsor wide popularity, well-known members of Congress are not the most effective lawmakers, according to a report from the Center for Effective Lawmaking. The center recently released its effectiveness scores for members of the 116th Congress, which ran from Jan. 3, 201...

One person killed when Amtrak train carrying GOP lawmakers to retreat hits garbage truck One person killed when Amtrak train carrying GOP lawmakers to retreat hits garbage truckby wpjljron Thursday, February 1st, 2018.One person killed when Amtrak train carrying GOP lawmakers to retreat hits garbage truckCROZET, Va. — One person was killed, and six were injured when an Amtrak train carrying Republican lawmakers to an annual party conference in West Virginia hit a truck here Wednesday morning. None of the dozens of members of Congress aboard the train, or their accompanying family members...