Free Press Editorials
The latest Free Press Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: Site selection for current federal courthouse in 1930 was a free-for-all
The relatively quiet determination of the site for a new Chattanooga federal courthouse in 2024 is nothing like the near free-for-all that resulted in the selection of the current Joel W. Solomon Federal Building site on Georgia Avenue nearly 100 years ago.
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: Tennessee added to list of states desiring a term limits convention
How do you feel about term limits for members of Congress?
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Opinion: Fleischmann may have right idea about not counting noncitizens, but his bill won’t go anywhere
If you took a poll of U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann's constituents, you would undoubtedly find majority support for the Equal Representation Act which he is co-sponsoring.
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Opinion: Tennessee legislators try to close social media’s Pandora’s box with parental consent requirement
Social media has become almost like a Pandora's box, platforms that once open contain much potential evil and are impossible to close.
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Opinion: Tennessee lawmakers push parents aside with passage of bills requiring instruction on firearm safety and early fetal development
Tennessee legislators in the past have rightly criticized various courses, instruction and interruptions in the public school day that take time away from academic learning, particular in the core subjects of English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies.
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Opinion: Will thunder on the right be a hindrance to Tennessee legislators Gardenhire, Hazlewood?
For only the second time in the last 15 years, an incumbent Republican member of the Hamilton County state legislative delegation will have a serious primary opponent. In fact, two of them will.
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: County legislative delegation will be challenged in primary, general election
The rightward drift of the state Republican Party has encouraged the Hamilton County Democratic Party to field a candidate to oppose each Republican member of the county legislative delegation for the first time since 2018.
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Opinion: Why rename a Washington airport from a hometown hero to a transient tenant?
We were sure someone was playing an April Fool's Day joke when we heard earlier in the week it was suggested Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C., be renamed for former President Donald Trump.
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Opinion: Never wrong to express an opinion for or against union representation
You just have to chuckle when you hear elected Republicans criticized for expressing their opinions about the upcoming UAW election at Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant.
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Opinion: Chattanooga wrestles with collision of crime realities, citizen perceptions and fear
All the crime statistics that can be mined and all the soothing talk from public officials who mean well aren't going to convince someone who feels unsafe that they are safe.
