Free Press Editorials
The latest Free Press Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
More in Free Press Editorials, page 18
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: Christian nationalism — Pervasive evil or pesky minority?
In the minds of some pundits today, Christian nationalists in 2026 are the Communists of the 1950s, infiltrating government, warping the minds of average Americans and insidiously overtaking our every way of life.
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: Police, properties and parking and the progress therein
A few quick thoughts on recent news stories:
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: Bills seek to set up a system of foxes and hounds in rounding up immigrants
Tennessee legislators are filing bills as if there were a contest to see which state could eradicate its illegal immigrants the quickest.
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: In a rarity, five incumbent Hamilton County commissioners will face opposition
For the first time since 2010, and only the second time since Hamilton County Election Commission results were first put online in 1990, five Hamilton County Commission incumbents will be challenged in May's primary elections.
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: Heard this before? Chattanooga tourism bureau spending questioned again
Nine years ago this month, the agency then called the Chattanooga Convention & Visitors Bureau was questioned about its lack of oversight and lavish spending habits by then-Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd.
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: Trump’s GSA is not swayed on site of federal courthouse
Less than a week before Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration in January 2025, officials from the outgoing Biden General Services Administration said a Vine Street location would be the most advantageous for a new Chattanooga federal courthouse that had been promised for nearly 30 years.
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: Wamp says state park for McDonald Farm ‘better than I could have imagined’
By the time Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger left office in 2022, officials knew the nearly 2,100-acre McDonald Farm he urged the county to buy for $16 million for manufacturing purposes was either largely unsuited for manufacturing or would cost an exorbitant amount to retrofit for that purpose.
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: May primary field nearly set, but won’t see as many fireworks as in 2022
Don't expect the type of fireworks in May's Hamilton County primary election as we saw four years ago.
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: TVA speaks Trump’s language, gets hit by president, anyway
If the Tennessee Valley Authority bent any further backward trying to please President Donald Trump, it would fall.
-
Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: Let’s ensure our places of worship remain free from protests
Churches often were the genesis of public protests during the civil rights era, but what are the ramifications when a protest breaks into a public worship service?
