Opinion: Merrick Garland ties together the threads of democracy
Some of us remember being taught to crouch beneath our school desks for protection in the event of a nuclear attack in the early 1960s.
Opinion: It’s time for stock-trading bans for Congress
From 2019 to 2021, during the time of the pandemic — 183 current senators or representatives reported a trade of a stock or another financial asset by themselves or an immediate family member while more than half of them, 97, sat on congressional committees that potentially gave them insight into the companies whose shares they reported buying or selling, according to an analysis published last week in the New York Times.
Opinion: Will Gov. Bill Lee’s unelected charter panel overturn school board votes?
Throughout September, the Tennessee Charter School Commission's 13-member staff of the state's unelected, nine-member charter school commission will be determining whether decisions by elected school boards to deny charter school petitions "were contrary to the best interests" of students, local education agencies and communities.
Opinion: Let’s gauge our interest in council seat, third grade retention and puppies
If the voters of Chattanooga's District 8 — in Alton Park, Avondale, Bushtown, East Chattanooga, East Lake, Eastside, Ridgedale and downtown — don't like their new council person Marvene Noel, they have no one to blame but themselves.
Opinion: Too many Chattanooga shootings? Yes, but we’re on the right track. Look deeper
Like a number of Chattanoogans, we noticed more news about shootings and carjackings in the first couple of weeks of September, so with an email late Friday afternoon, we on this page made an informal inquiry with a police acquaintance about it.
Opinion: Don’t let COVID take the fall for our school failures
Would you like to really know how Hamilton County and Tennessee students are doing in school? Would you like to know what and how they are learning? Well, good luck with that.
Opinion: Mayor Wamp shows off his ‘conservative’ bona fides
Weston Wamp, while campaigning to become mayor of Hamilton County before the primary, faced constant chatter (that's a kind word) from his Republican competition and others that he wasn't really a conservative, wasn't conservative enough, perhaps wasn't even really a Republican.
Opinion: Personalizing schools, teaching is a win
A shout out today goes to East Ridge Elementary School teachers -- particularly special education teacher Heather Modrow -- for an extra effort to help a student with a rare vision disorder.
Opinion: Resiliency is a must, and it starts locally
Are we ready? If we're not, we'd best be preparing. Last weekend brought torrential rains to much of the South and more was forecast for this weekend.
Opinion: Tennessee speakers howl ‘tough on crime;’ Gov. Bill Lee wants us to be ‘smart on crime’
It isn't often that we agree with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee.
