Free Press Editorials
The latest Free Press Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Free Press Opinion: Education savings program must improve or be significantly revised
We have always maintained that the success of Gov. Bill Lee's Education Savings Account (ESA) plan, and then of his Education Freedom Act scholarship program, will not be measured accurately until several years of results are under their belts.
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Free Press Opinion: Did the Enterprise South park plan ever have a chance?
Somewhere, sometime today, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp or someone in his office will be talking to someone about potential Hamilton County business the public knows nothing about.
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Free Press Opinion: Robin Smith’s prison reprieve was the only fair outcome
Fairness dictated that former state Rep. Robin Smith not go to prison for her role in a corruption conspiracy, while her codefendants were given pardons by President Donald Trump.
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Free Press Opinion: Another monument kerfuffle at state Capitol
Another monument storm is brewing in Nashville.
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Free Press Opinion: What comes next in Venezuela is most important
If one were to play the long game with the Trump administration's incursion into Venezuela over the weekend, one might envision a democratic country, less influenced by countries who seek to export evil, a rising tide of wealth that lifts all Venezuelans, fewer deadly drugs leaving the South American country and an increase in oil trade by the U.S. companies who built the infrastructure there in the first place.
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Free Press Opinion: Choosing to remain positive as we move into 2026
A year ago, we decided to boldly go where no one had gone before — into 2025 — and predict the future.
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Free Press Weekend Dialogue: Gov. Lee sets record for creation of state parks
Did you know the Bill Lee administration has set a record among Tennessee governors for creating state parks? We didn't either.
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Free Press Opinion: Fifty years ago, governor wished Tennessee well in new year and proposed a state income tax
Fifty years ago today, Gov. Ray Blanton wished his fellow Tennesseans a "bright future" for the country's dawning bicentennial year of 1976 and suggested a state income tax was in the offing.
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Free Press Opinion: Marijuana madness may soon get worse
"A holiday from the facts."
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Opinion: Presidential Fitness Test could make Tennessee students healthier — if schools are diligent
It probably raised few eyebrows when President Donald Trump signed an executive order in July that directed the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to resume the Presidential Fitness Test as part of the goal to Make America Healthy Again.
