Hamilton County was fortunate to have the services of Chris Devaney as long as it did, but the county's lobbyist will now manage the 2026 gubernatorial campaign of U.S. Rep. John Rose, R-Cookeville.
The notice of a meeting of a House committee of the Georgia General Assembly caught our attention earlier this week. The study committee's topic was the costs and effects of cigarette smoking.
Call it a bookmobile for the 21st century.
Rare is the chief executive who wants to reduce some of the power of his or her office, but Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly suggested just that during an address to the Chattanooga Rotary Club last week.
Putting Abraham Lincoln and Marjorie Taylor Greene in the same sentence seems something of a sacrilege.
Readers, I still want Weekend Dialogue to be your space to react to my editorials, the Chattanooga Free Press commentaries, our news stories or any questions you may have that I might be able to answer.
Thirteen months from this week, the United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary.
If you drive by downtown Chattanooga on U.S. Highway 27 and look to the opposite side of the expressway, you'd quickly notice a cleared lot where a former Youth and Family Development Center long stood.
Is this another turf battle?
We have hinted from this page before that we'd like to see the Chattanooga City Council be a more active, and less reactive, body.
