The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Dec. 21-26:
“I can’t promise at this point. But I can tell you it’s a priority as we get our budgets together.”
— Gov. Bill Haslam, on the prospect of teacher raises
“If we can have these service members recognize these kids need them, we have a mission for them.”
— Bob Kincaid, founder of Get Veterans Involved, a nonprofit working to place recently returned combat veterans in local elementary schools