Free Press Editorial: If history an indicator, Blackburn will be governor
If recent history is any indication, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., may as well measure the governor's mansion for drapes because she's as good as elected.

If recent history is any indication, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., may as well measure the governor's mansion for drapes because she's as good as elected.

You know all that writing at the bottom of your election ballot that you're unfamiliar with and don't want to take the time to read? Well, get ready. Some of that will be on your November ballot.

An accusation that Hamilton County Republican Party Chair Gail Greene violated state Republican Party bylaws is in the hands of the Republican state Executive Committee, and we hope it will fully investigate the matter.

What can be written about Dolly Parton that has not been written already?

It was one of the attributes that drew us -- and others, we're sure -- to support Franklin businessman Bill Lee in the 2018 Tennessee Republican gubernatorial primary.

The opening of another season of college football and the NFL are upon us, and like most of you we are excited for what's to come.

Bradley County officials seem to be taking a page out of Ronald Reagan's 1980s Cold War playbook where it comes to Project River, a proposed industrial campus that could include a data center.

Let's face it. The only way the Tennessee Valley Authority will satisfy its critics is to handle business the way the critics want it handled.

Until Friday, the best way to get a sense of the history of Chattanooga was to have Chattanooga and Hamilton County historian Linda Moss Mines talk for 10 minutes on any of the myriad subjects in which she is steeped.

It stands to reason that a state without an income tax will need to find revenue somewhere, but it may alarm Tennessee residents that this state has had the largest average annual property tax increase between 2019 and 2025 of any state.
