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The latest Free Press Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: New Hamilton County GOP operatives want to tell legislators how to vote
It appears things may get worse for the Hamilton County Republican Party before they get better.

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Opinion: Reader offers studied analysis of newspaper’s letters to the editor
Last week in this space, we asked for feedback from readers: questions they might have, comments they might want to make or opinions on the various syndicated columnists we use.

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Opinion: Trump’s third-term talk is just that
Some of you reading this today are panicking, some celebrating over President Donald Trump's recently tossed off comment that he might run for a third term.

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Opinion: Hamilton County property reappraisals will help determine how the local tax burden will be shared
If you've bought food over the past four years — and, well, who hasn't? — you know how prices have increased.

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Opinion: Faithful Carl Levi a local ‘fixture’ in city and county finances and veterans affairs
On average, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, people change jobs every 4.2 years.

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Opinion: Hamilton County data show academic success not always linked to economic disadvantage and per pupil spending
Frustratingly for Hamilton County Schools officials, who frequently through the years have made the point that more money would make a difference in better student performance, many of the schools with the highest per pupil spending remain the schools with the lowest success, or proficiency, rate.

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Opinion: Momentum appears to be growing among legislators for closed primaries
State Rep. Michele Reneau, R-Signal Mountain, has added her name as co-sponsor of a bill that would close primaries in Tennessee.

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Opinion: Have a question for the Chattanooga Free Press opinion page? Let us hear from you
In these turbulent times, when decisions at the federal level often have an effect at the local level, as the editor of the Chattanooga Free Press editorial page, I'd like to interact more with you, the reader, to find out what you're curious about, what you'd like to see me write about.

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Opinion: Tennessee legislators: Don’t pull this trigger on immigration
We read with interest Thursday of a bill making its way through the Tennessee General Assembly that would make it a crime for anybody without legal immigration status to set foot in the state.

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Opinion: Thank goodness for small favors: What the Tennessee legislature didn’t pass
A 1972 country tune came to mind as we begin to see numerous bills in the Tennessee General Assembly tumble out of consideration for the current session, either killed outright or placed where their resurrection in this session would be nigh to a miracle.
