Chattanooga goes head to head with state attorney over control of airport board

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 798

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office argued Monday that politics shouldn’t be considered in deciding whether the Chattanooga airport authority should be run by a locally-appointed board or a board appointed by state officials under a new law.

The state’s attorney and legal counsel for the new state-appointed board also said in a hearing before a three-judge panel that the entity in charge of the Chattanooga airport never really changed when the law took …

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