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: Legislature will deal with education scholarships and abortion, but also absentee ballots, autopsies and diapers
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Opinion: Goal for remaining Lookouts negotiations should be to limit taxpayer exposure
It will be a hard sell to convince taxpayers that a new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium that is now at least 60% more expensive than it was just a year and a half ago is a bargain.
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Opinion: 50 years ago this week, Baker says Watergate won’t be remembered, and Democrats ponder turning to Mull
Fifty years ago this week, the country, the state's 3rd congressional district and the city did not take the route some said they should or even would. As a result of those routes not taken, history was altered.
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: Trump’s trials unlikely to mar his standing before Tennessee primary
A Beacon Center poll released earlier this week included information about whom Tennessee voters would choose in a repeat of the 2020 presidential election matchup between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden.
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Opinion: County pension committee deserves update and for any pension discussion to have transparency
If, as two Hamilton County commissioners allege, the county's pension committee hasn't been updated since its creation more than 80 years ago, or at least in the last several decades, then state legislation that helps reconstitute the committee is probably in order.
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Opinion: As deadlines slip away, wording on new Chattanooga Lookouts baseball stadium evolves
It's been interesting to observe how the wording around the cost of a new Chattanooga Lookouts stadium, the time period bonds would be issued for its construction, the month work would be started and the date of the ballpark's completion have changed over recent months.
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Opinion: Close out 2023 with this quiz on Chattanooga area, Tennessee happenings
Have you paid attention in 2023? If you have, you'll be able to ace this quiz about people, places and things in the news over the past 12 months. Good luck!
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips: Lee says as Republican Governors Association chair he feels obligated not to endorse anyone for presidential nomination
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee called it "an obligation," but whatever way he chooses to describe it, his new position as chair of the Republican Governors Association allows him the freedom not to endorse anyone for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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Opinion: Combination of low academic scores, low growth scores paved way for three schools to receive F’s
Parents and community members whose Hamilton County public schools received an F on their initial school letter grades, as assigned recently by the state, may be wondering how they got there.
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Opinion: Low-income housing in city is needed but projects shouldn’t skirt City Council
Theoretically, developers who plan low-income housing projects in Chattanooga and receive federal low-income housing tax credits for doing so also could be eligible to receive an additional tax break called payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and have their proposal bypass the Chattanooga City Council for approval.
