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Opinion: TVA asking for your opinion on what to do with their downtown office complex; we have a few suggestions
The Tennessee Valley Authority is seeking community feedback on what to do with its 1,149,000-square-foot, five-building, nearly 40-year-old downtown complex, and it wants your opinion.
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: If Chief Murphy has only a paperwork problem, any new contract should insist she clear it up
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly evidently is satisfied Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy only has a paperwork problem.
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Opinion: Georgia revives vouchers proposal to make Tri-State area awash in school choice discussions
With the revival of a school vouchers bill in the Georgia General Assembly this week, school choice proposals have been, are, or will be in discussion in all three corners of the Tri-State area.
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Opinion: Earlier literacy intervention might be better for Tennessee students
We think the state Board of Education is onto something with a resolution last week urging Gov. Bill Lee and state legislators to focus earlier on struggling readers.
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Opinion: Chattanooga residency disputes have favored some, hurt others in last 50 years
It seems only fitting there would be a residency dispute involving a candidate for the Democratic nomination for a state House in Hamilton County. Similar disputes have arisen at least once during in each of the past five decades.
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Opinion: In Catoosa County, Ga., let voters, not a select few, shape the GOP ballot
When Georgia overhauled some of its voting laws in 2021, the hue and cry about voter suppression rang out from leftists in the smallest Peach State counties to the White House.
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: Biden mentions Trump 13 times in State of the Union address
If you're talking about an upcoming opponent in your State of the Union message, either the actual state of the union isn't very strong or you're very worried about the opponent. In the case of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Thursday night, probably both were true.
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Opinion: Haley’s concession speech was presidential, while Trump is likely to go on to the nomination
As we watched the Super Tuesday speeches of Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Nikki Haley earlier this week, we couldn't help thinking of Ronald Reagan and how his candidacy might be perceived today.
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Opinion: Fleischmann moves from vocal foe of earmarks to top of list for House members
"I inherited a broken system. ... The first thing I did [when first elected in 2010] was we put a moratorium on those terrible earmarks." — U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, 2014
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Opinion: Trump passes one legal hurdle with ballot access, but other legal challenges abound
Before Monday's United States Supreme Court ruling that Donald Trump can appear on the presidential ballot in Colorado, the former president was facing a myriad of legal troubles.
