Free Press Editorials
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Opinion: Vanderbilt poll reflects national media on economy, but Tennesseans feel better about their own
We're not surprised a recent Vanderbilt poll found only 41% of Tennesseans rated the United States economy as "fairly" or "very" good
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Free Press Opinion: Ex-Republican Majority Leader McCormick was a battler in legislature and against ALS
Gerald McCormick tackled amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the way he did legislation in the Tennessee House — with full force.
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Free Press Opinion: Common sense, not diversity goals or lack of diversity, ought to guide teacher hires
The sticky wicket of hiring public school teachers in Tennessee got stickier when a 2019 state law was passed that requiring districts to have educator diversity goals — and stickier still when it repealed the law earlier this year and said school districts shouldn't use race in hiring decisions.
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Free Press Opinion: Study says Tennessee is the state least vulnerable to federalism
As recently as 2017, Tennessee was listed as third among states most reliant on federal aid, according to figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Tax Foundation.
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Free Press Opinion: Red Bank deserved better from county and more in Weekend Dialogue
In the same week the Hamilton County Commission turned down a $400,000 loan that the City of Red Bank requested to cover a county assessor's office error, it gave an additional $500,000 to the Humane Educational Society budget.
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Free Press Opinion: Nonprofit organizations should be wary of depending on governments for funding
It wasn't exactly "Ford to City: Drop Dead," the 1975 New York Daily News headline after President Gerald Ford rejected a bailout for New York City, but it wasn't exactly a warm fuzzy warning, either.
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Opinion: Democrats were energized for mid-state race, but local party in chaos
While Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Rachel Campbell was trying to rally her troops for a mid-state congressional upset in a special U.S. House election Tuesday, the Hamilton County Democratic Party, which she previously chaired, was falling apart.
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Opinion: Could extended-range EVs help extend future for VW in Chattanooga?
Having read the handwriting on the wall, Volkswagen has announced a blip in its all-electric future.
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Opinion: Read anything good lately? I have a few ideas
Despite shelves full of books I've bought and haven't read, and books loved ones have bought me and I haven't read, I've asked for more books for Christmas.
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Opinion: Not including its world class attractions, area has much for which to be thankful
Chattanoogans young and old, new to the area or here all their lives, have much to be thankful for in this city on a day when we all pause to give thanks.
