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Free Press Opinion: Standard time adherence bill dead for year, but the argument goes on
Somewhere in Tennessee, a contingent of people believe the state should observe standard time throughout the year, eschewing the months when the nation observes daylight saving time. No more springing forward and falling back.
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Free Press Opinion: Controversial immigration bill passes House, puts enforcement on the backs of children
The immigration bill that had many Tennesseans aghast a year ago has now passed the state House.
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Free Press Opinion: Tennessee Lottery scholarships deficit threatens college education access
For those of us who were concerned about the morality of the creation of the Tennessee Lottery nearly a quarter century ago, through a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2002, there always was the trade-off of the potential number of young people it would help go to college.
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Free Press Opinion: Democrats’ excitement in Georgia 14th District race is misplaced
National Democrats who began salivating when one of their own, Shawn Harris, outpolled 16 other contenders in the special election Tuesday for Georgia's red, red, red District 14 U.S. House seat should get a grip on themselves.
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Free Press Weekend Dialogue: Don’t quiet the voice of a public utility’s public
We acknowledge that, in the end, the Tennessee Valley Authority is going to make decisions for itself based on what it believes is best for the nation's largest public utility. But we are unhappy to learn that TVA alone will now determine whether it will limit public input on projects with significant environment impact.
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Free Press Opinion: With ballot complete for legislature, changes unlikely in fall election
True to its word, the Tennessee Democratic Party has tried to recruit a candidate for every office currently held by a Republican in this year's state and local elections. Whether any of them can break through is another thing entirely.
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Free Press Opinion: About those Education Freedom Scholarship requests — some students could go unfulfilled
We can imagine Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in a conversation late last month with administration officials.
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Free Press Opinion: School board candidate learns why it’s important to vote in each election
A not-so-funny thing happened to Tom Marshall on his way to a Hamilton County Board of Education seat. He did not vote in three out of the last four Republican primaries.
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Free Press Opinion: Tennessee bill would mandate school prayer time, biblical instruction
Why would the Tennessee legislature take time to consider a bill (HB1491/SB1714) that requires public schools to "provide its students and employees with an opportunity to participate in a designated period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text?"
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Free Press Weekend Dialogue: Martin’s argument helps kill chaplains bill in state House
A measure of sanity settled over the Tennessee House earlier this week when a bill that would have provided a chaplain for public schools was essentially killed.
