Free Press Editorials
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Opinion: Blackburn’s re-election strategy is to run against Democrats, but not mention her opponent
It's been nearly 50 years since Tennessee has had a close United States Senate race that didn't involve an open seat, and U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is treating her re-election race as if she knows that.
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Opinion: Timeline offers hope for development of affordable housing through city’s land bank donation
From its initial discussion during the Littlefield mayoral administration, we thought a public-private partnership to build affordable housing in Chattanooga was worth pursuing.
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Opinion: Hamilton County Commissioner David Sharpe doesn’t believe case closed on proper structure of county government
The 3-month-old argument about how Hamilton County government is organized and who is allowed to do what broke out again last week.
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips – Hamilton County sheriff says students ‘safest they’ve ever been’
Hamilton County Sheriff Austin Garrett, at the request of Hamilton County Commissioner Warren Mackey, D-Lake Vista, made a presentation to the commission on Wednesday and said something that may have taken those in attendance or listening online aback, especially after a raft of arrests of students on charges of making threats of mass violence.
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Opinion: Voters will have their say on liquor-by-the-drink referendum in unincorporated parts of Hamilton County
Voters anxious to mark their ballots for their preferred presidential candidate when early voting starts next month may be caught off guard by a Hamilton County referendum at the end of their ballots.
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Opinion: State law changes brought us to the heightened number of arrests over student mass violence threats
Why, you may ask, are we seeing Hamilton County Schools students arrested for threats of violence two and three times a week?
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Opinion: Doubts about school bond issue too little, too late
For years, Hamilton County officials talked about needing a strategic plan to improve public schools.
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: Rarity for Chattanooga mayors to openly endorse a presidential candidate
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly, who openly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president recently, may be the first sitting Chattanooga mayor to endorse a presidential candidate since another man named Kelley in 1968.
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Opinion: Hamilton County commissioners should quickly approve higher juror pay
Fifty-one years ago, a new three- or four-bedroom home in the Shannon Hills subdivision of Middle Valley was priced "in the 30s" [$30,000s].
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Opinion: Trump missed his chance to crush Harris in debate, undone by his lack of discipline
One easy lob shot after another came over the net to former President Donald Trump on Tuesday night, but he repeatedly would not execute the overhead smashes to return them.
