Opinion: Did Tennessee lawmakers just mandate a county tax increase for schools?
Lost amid the election hubbub of the week were headlines about Gov. Bill Lee on Monday signing into law the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act.
Opinion: Why can’t TVA make solar fly?
Suppose a plane powered solely by solar power circumnavigated the Earth without using a drop of fuel.
Opinion: Primary purple is the color of Hamilton County opportunity
The primary morning-after newness is starting to sink in, and with new political leaders springing up here like May flowers, it's a new day in Hamilton County, Tennessee.
Opinion: Abortion ban draft screams to us why elections matter
There is no greater testament to the adage, "election's matter," than today's screaming headline across the country about a leaked Supreme Court draft of a majority opinion striking down the landmark 1973 abortion rights decision, Roe v. Wade.
Opinion: On election day, make the most of your vote
Voting locally is complicated these days. Far more complicated than calling yourself a Democrat or a Republican or an independent.
Opinion: Hamilton County sheriff isn’t ‘defiant.’ He’s disrespectful of human rights
Sheriff Jim Hammond was described on this paper's front page Friday as "defiant" as he responded during a news conference to complaints that his department has presided over incidents of violence involving some of his deputies, the public and among inmates at Silverdale Detention Center.
Opinion: Connect the dots between Hamilton County schools, jobs, wages and leaders
It is always gratifying to hear the words Chattanooga and "new" or "2nd Volkswagen plant" in the same sentence, so this week's Times Free Press headline saying an expansion might happen here for VW's ID.Buzz - an electric version of the iconic Volkswagen bus - is music to our ears.
Opinion: How to watch the care, feeding and timing of elections
A 'crazy right wing' school board?
Opinion: Messy politics? More like whiny Hamilton County mayoral candidates in a close race
The May 3 Republican Democratic Primary is clearly drawing nigh, and the races that already were hot now are crackling with attempted one-ups, accusations, and he-said-she-said retorts.
Opinion: Tennessee lawmaker lifts up Hitler and our state criminalizes homelessness
Words at first seemed to fail us when we read in Tuesday's paper that the Tennessee General Assembly took a final vote Monday to criminalize homelessness.