Free Press Editorials
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Opinion: In latest BlueCross BlueShield-CHI Memorial dispute, patients take the hindmost
CHI Memorial and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee have said throughout their months-long contract dispute that they nevertheless are putting their patients first.
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: Celeste Murphy’s, Demetrus Coonrod’s stories are parallels of two homeowners
The where-does-she-live sagas of Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy and Chattanooga City Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod offer some interesting parallels.
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Opinion: Is Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comeuppance a signal of change from House Republicans?
In more sane times, the shame of the failure of the motion by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, on Wednesday would be enough to silence her for at least a while. But we're not sure she feels shame.
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Opinion: Local Jewish community grows closer, attempts to understand implications of Gaza war
On a day when the world usually joins Jews across the world in marking Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — we "feel quite alone," Michael Dzik, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga, told this page Tuesday.
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Opinion: Primary voting should be an individual choice, not one commanded by party
If the majority of Tennessee Republican legislators thought the state — or perhaps even the party — would benefit from having closed primaries, they already would be closed.
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Opinion: In 2024, Tennessee lawmakers took on first cousins, gave businesses a tax break and bailed on education scholarships
Education freedom scholarship advocates will likely get another bite at the apple next year, but state lawmakers' inability to pass Gov. Bill Lee's signature issue during the recently completed legislative session undoubtedly disappointed many Tennesseans.
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Opinion: Demetrus Coonrod fires salvo at Yusuf Hakeem in what might be the most closely contended Hamilton County legislative race
The gloves have finally come off in the District 28 state House Democratic primary race.
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Opinion: Tennessee’s hurried-up, tough-on-juvenile-crime law may create headaches for state
Last-minute fixes to a bill intended to be tough on juvenile crime may ultimately give the state more than just a few headaches.
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Opinion: Hurried reading law changes focus on wrong end of learning
We suppose if public school students become proficient readers in the third, fourth, or fifth grade, or beyond, it's progress, but it seems to us the Tennessee General Assembly has softened its interest in the importance of students mastering reading early with new legislation headed for the desk of Gov. Bill Lee.
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Opinion: The case of arming teachers in Tennessee: What could go wrong? A lot
We can imagine supporters now.
