Free Press Editorials
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Opinion: Cooper’s Corner – School board approves plan to combine design, construction for building projects
Hamilton County Board of Education members approved a plan Thursday night that would allow the county to develop a school construction process similar to what TDOT is using on the local interstate project and elsewhere across the state.
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Opinion: Memphis unlikely to win on approved gun safety reforms, but are legislators watching?
To what lengths can cities in Tennessee go to keep their citizens safe?
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Opinion: TBI director’s warning doesn’t mean we should run out and add to the arsenal
Like it or hate it, when Fox News is on, Americans are watching.
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Opinion: License changes for noncitizens may be next legislative session’s flag controversy
Last year, we flagged – pun intended – an unusual bill well before the 2024 Tennessee legislature met as one that was likely to stir controversy. And we weren't wrong.
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Opinion: County can’t expect to keep taxes low and maintain inefficient, low-capacity schools
It's the argument that won't go away, isn't it?
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Opinion: Cooper’s Corner – Will Trump Train get in way of latest train revival idea in Tennessee?
City Hall officials were none to happy, we're told, when we detailed in April at least $16 million in federal funds, at least $3.5 million in state money and nearly $2 million in city funds that had been spent over the last quarter century for various rail proposals, none of which had legs.
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Opinion: Accessing new stadium through Riverwalk ideal, but adequate parking, transit plans are a necessity
Making the Riverwalk the front door to the new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium would be a testament to one of the city's greatest assets, but we hope there's no subterfuge involved.
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Opinion: It’s doubtful it will happen, but Trump reportedly considering three Tennesseans for Cabinet posts
Although President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to name several members of his Cabinet, the time between the election and his inauguration offers more than 10 weeks for speculation involving others who might be elevated to posts in the new administration.
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Opinion: Anonymous messages sowing racial unrest should be unanimously condemned, rooted out
Racist text messages invoking slavery anonymously sent to individuals across the country following the presidential election last week could be an insidious plot to smear President-elect Donald Trump and conservatives or are a certain way to invite such smears, depending on where they came from.
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Opinion: Cooper’s Corner – Hamilton County Republicans nearly in lockstep in votes for Trump, Blackburn and Fleischmann
Hamilton County Republicans marched as one earlier this week, more so than they did in either of the last two elections.
