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Free Press Opinion: New athletics rule gives school district an opportunity to think about changes
The landscape of public education is shifting.
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Free Press Opinion: With Supreme Court cover, lawmakers will reengineer Tennessee districts — because they can
Tennessee legislators will begin meeting today in a special session of the General Assembly to rejigger the state's nine congressional districts -- because they can.
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Free Press Opinion: State Executive Committee race brewing amid local GOP divide
If you're like most Hamilton County voters, when you come to a choice for Republican (or Democratic) State Executive Committeeman or Committeewoman, you vote for someone you know, someone you've heard of or perhaps you just skip the category altogether.
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Free Press Opinion: Laws will allow, not force, prayers at meetings and Ten Commandments in schools
To reuse an overused phrase, we think you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
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Free Press Opinion: Blackburn’s redrawn Tennessee map would make state solid red
That didn't take long.
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Free Press Opinion: 2008 document urged Business Development Center should relocate
Eighteen years ago, the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce and Hamilton County officials concluded that the Hamilton County Business Development Center should be sold and a new, modern incubator created.
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Free Press Opinion: Don’t let voter intimidation cards stop you from voting in county primary
We found this fascinating.
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Free Press Opinion: Feds’ transportation role helping area with planes, trains and automobiles
The federal government, it appears, wants to keep things moving in the Scenic City.
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Free Press Opinion: Statehouse power grab will dissolve local airport authority, give state power over tourist zones
Tennesseans who favor local control as opposed to state control won one and lost three Thursday as legislators pulled down the curtain on the 114th General Assembly.
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Free Press Opinion: Tennessee lawmakers tighten the reins on illegal immigrants
If, as has been suggested, White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller wanted to use Tennessee as a test case for states working in coordination with federal immigration officials, Volunteer State legislators have been good soldiers.
