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Opinion: Supporting Trump has been a tightrope to walk
Sixteen months after I became the editor of the Chattanooga Free Press opinion page in 2014, reality TV star and real estate mogul Donald…
Opinion: Nonpartisan races better for everybody
Staff File Photo By Seth Carpenter / Various campaign signs for Republican candidates stand against a wall during a Republican rally at Chester Frost Park in June 2026.
Opinion: Illegal voting cases on the rise; who’s surprised?
AP File Photo/Jacquelyn Martin / Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, shown during a press conference at the Department of Justice in September, has declared: "If you illegally vote, we will arrest you and you will be charged."
Free Press Editorial: Blackburn’s been busy amid campaign by passing legislation
Toiling in the legislative branch of the government isn’t always measured by passing bills, as it once was.
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Free Press Editorial: Let citizens sort out sites to be tabbed historic landmarks
The Chattanooga City Council appeared to be in over its head Tuesday when it began discussing the possibility of designating a number of sites as Local Historic Landmarks.
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Breaking ground on federal building recalls evolution of buildings here
Sometime in 2030, when the new federal courthouse at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Vine Street is completed, or later if construction delays it, somebody will find fault with some aspect of the architecture, structure or fittings.
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Free Press Editorial: Don’t decide school board pick by Ten Commandments
With all due respect, whether a candidate for the Hamilton County Board of Education does or does not support the posting of the Ten Commandments in school is not the most important question an applicant should be asked.
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Free Press Editorial: Third-quarter financial report shows GOP strength
With two weeks to go until the state general election, two Hamilton County legislative candidate have nearly a half million dollars to spend on the homestretch, according to third-quarter state financial disclosure forms.
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Free Press Editorial: Businessman Hatley a viable alternative?
Sixty-two years ago this month, a man who had never run for public office made a speech for a presidential candidate that came to be known as "A Time for Choosing."
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Free Press Editorial: Fleischmann remains in strong position with electorate
Democrats have challenged U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah, with a variety of candidates — lawyers, doctors and in 2024 even a moderate businessman — but to no avail.
