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Opinion: Clint’s Clips – Global Microsoft outage doesn’t stop early voting for Aug. 1 elections
The widespread global Microsoft outage changed procedures for early voting at the Hamilton County Election Commission Friday but did not stop it.

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Opinion: A $50 million boost for much-needed Westside redevelopment
We have no doubt College Hill Courts residents are fully aware of it, but a little-appreciated disadvantage of the out-of-sight, out-of-mind public housing unit on a hill above the Tennessee River is its isolation.

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Opinion: State House Districts 27 and 28 offer dichotomy in campaign fundraising/spending
Campaign finance disclosure statements indicate the two competitive primary races involving state House members in the Hamilton County delegation couldn't be more different.

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Opinion: Will calls for unity from two unpopular candidates be followed or fall flat as empty, cynical words?
Ah, unity.

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Opinion: Crash of military plane here 80 years ago was heard around the world
Eighty years ago today, a military plane crash brought World War II to the home front in Chattanooga.

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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: Republican Hamilton County commissioners, constitutional officers endorse delegation members for re-election
Elected Republican members of the Hamilton County Commission and Hamilton County constitutional officers took the unusual step this week of endorsing the local Republican state legislative delegation for re-election.

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Opinion: Patsy Hazlewood should be chosen in contentious House 27th District Republican primary
State Rep. Patsy Hazlewood, R-Signal Mountain, is one of a handful of conservative state legislators across the state being challenged by candidates on the fringe of their parties this summer.

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Opinion: Gardenhire deserves fourth term as state senator in Aug. 1 primary
Without conceit, state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, refers to himself as "a problem fixer."

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Opinion: Elect Judge Alex McVeagh to vacant Hamilton County Circuit Court post
Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Alex McVeagh deserves to be, and almost assuredly will be, the next Hamilton County Circuit Court judge.

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Opinion: Pick Ben Daugherty, Felice Hadden Hamilton County school board seats
It is unfortunate that a political party label — or independent status — of school board candidates will be the deciding factor for a number of Hamilton County residents when they vote in the Aug. 1 general election.