Drag performers and venue operators in the Chattanooga area say they re confused and afraid after a bill was signed into law March 2 to regulate drag shows.
It s unclear how Chattanooga will enforce state laws passed last week that restrict public drag performances and gender-related medical treatments for people under 18, officials say.
The music festival market in the Chattanooga area is apparently strong, as ticket sales for Moon River, Riverbend and JFest are well ahead of last year.
Northwest Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene s calls for a "national divorce" between red states and blue states this week attracted national media attention, thrilled her online supporters and alarmed fellow Republicans and political scientists, who struggled to cite examples of elected officials calling for a national split since the Civil War.
A Chattanooga man charged in the 2020 strangulation death of his mother had his first-degree murder charges dismissed Wednesday after he was declared mentally incompetent, and he will spend the rest of his life in a state hospital.