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: Tennessee lawmakers must look beyond ‘guns cause gun deaths’ for solutions to firearm-related violence
A report released Monday by the Sycamore Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, indicates that gun deaths are on the rise in Tennessee.
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Opinion: New middle-school reading, math test scores continue decade-long education learning loss trend
True, it's a national snapshot, but news on achievement test scores of United States students is not getting any better.
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Opinion: Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly’s bold parks plan revolutionizes urban spaces and honors John Nolen’s 1911 legacy
The parks plan unveiled by Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly Tuesday likely will be thought of by some the same way the city's 1911 plan by renowned landscape architect John Nolen was.
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Opinion: Libraries should inform, not advocate for a social agenda
"Library displays are created," according to the director of the E.G. Fisher Public Library in Athens, Tennessee, "to briefly accent portions of the library collection that may be of interest to some patrons."
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Opinion: Hold the line on Chattanooga Tourism Co. tax revenue for 2024
It's not like the subject was never going to come up again.
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Opinion: Chattanooga embraces Juneteenth spirit, shuns violence seen in other cities
Experts confirm that crime almost always increases when people have time off, whether that be weekends, summers or holidays.
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Opinion: Chattanooga’s RBI league among Major League Baseball’s diversity pipeline programs
Baby boomers who grew up playing and loving baseball had among their heroes Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, Bob Gibson, Willie Stargell, Joe Morgan and Reggie Jackson -- Black players all.
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Opinion: Blackmail or maintenance cure for Hamilton County Schools?
To hear the Hamilton County Board of Education discuss it, it sounded a lot like blackmail.
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Opinion: The Bend, Westside Evolves are complementary, not exclusionary, projects for Chattanooga and Hamilton County
Hamilton County Commissioner Warren Mackey, D-Lake Vista, is often abrupt and sometimes obtuse during commission meetings, but he also is consistently supportive of growth and development in Hamilton County.
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Opinion: TVA is right to supercharge renewable energy options with expanded pumped storage
Because of the decrease in fossil fuel plants, an old idea suddenly looks new again in the consideration of power generation for TVA.