Free Press Editorials
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Opinion: MTG shouldn’t have resigned, but stayed to fight for what she believed was right
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, in announcing her January 2026 resignation Friday, has cast herself as a martyr in Trumpworld.
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Opinion: CARTA’s bottom line looks little different from 1975
Fifty years ago, CARTA board member E.Y. Chapin said he didn't know how the transportation agency could keep going with climbing deficits and suggested "an orderly phaseout."
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Opinion: State tuition scholarships headed to court again and more weekend dialogue
It will be interesting to see what comes of the lawsuit filed Thursday challenging the constitutionality of Tennessee's Education Freedom Act, now in its first year.
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Opinion: While national media spins one Memphis narrative, facts offer another
The national media narrative on the Memphis Safe Task Force convened by President Donald Trump is that lots of arrests have been made in one of the country's least safe cities but that the bulk of them have dealt with immigration violations and traffic tickets.
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Opinion: Sexton’s education reform idea at least worth debating
The words "education reform" are often thrown around by people who say they want to move the needle on public education, but in reality too little ever changes.
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Opinion: Remove senators’ ability to collect if not notified of investigation or subpoenas
We don't imagine many average Americans have been kept up at night worrying about the provision in the recent federal funding bill that allowed senators to sue the Department of Justice if they aren't informed they are under investigation or if their personal information is subpoenaed.
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Opinion: County attorney’s Wall of Women a salute to those who ‘listen more and then speak up’
Many Chattanoogans won't remember Fannie Mae Crumsey, but her granddaughter Juanita recognized her immediately when she saw her portrait on a wall in a hallway just inside the Hamilton County attorney's office.
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Opinion: Fleischmann climbing in tenure and more in weekend dialogue
President Donald Trump's recent endorsement of U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Ooltewah, in his 2026 Tennessee 3rd District Congress primary race reminds us that when the New York native completes his current term in January 2027, he will have served 16 years — as long as his predecessor, former U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp.
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Opinion: Hamilton County tax freeze wouldn’t do seniors any good at the moment
The sound of a "tax freeze" raised by one Hamilton County commissioner in July undoubtedly perked up the ears of seniors who might benefit from such a program.
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Opinion: State and national GOP members like Oscar Brock should be free to speak their mind
A small storm is brewing in the Tennessee Republican Party over remarks by a Chattanooga state party executive committee member and Republican National Committee member.
