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: Important for Tennessee legislature to at least discuss the issues around the state’s abortion law
When the Tennessee legislature convenes a week from today, abortion is likely to be a much discussed topic during the session.
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Opinion: Predicting what would happen in 2023 obviously was an inexact science in 1923
When Chattanooga Daily Times readers opened their morning paper on Aug. 23, 1923, there, above the fold, was a headline that must have grabbed their attention:
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Opinion: Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse, here’s 22 good things that happened in city or state in 2022
In the news business, we're all too familiar with the tragic, the violent, the shocking, the sad and the outrageous. We say it ledes, it gets clicks, it gets views, it gets shares, it gets talked about. But in our hearts, we all long to hear good news, don't we? The found puppy, the miracle cure, the rags-to-riches story, the tearful reunion.
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Opinion: Hamilton County mayor’s non-signature on $50,000 commission-approved resolution for homeless families perplexing
If the mid-December debate about the Hamilton County Commission spending $50,000 to assist residents suddenly put out of their temporary homes at the Budgetel Inn in East Ridge had been about the need to buy a widget, the kerfuffle would have made more sense.
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Opinion: On redistricting, the city erred in not opening the process up to the public
"When I tell you this is the most kosher thing that's ever happened," Chattanooga Councilwoman Carol Berz said of the city's redistricting process following the 2020 census, "it is."
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Opinion: The Christmas spirit is to give wherever and however you can
Four years after Chattanooga was founded in 1839, Charles Dickens in his book "A Christmas Carol" had two men visit Ebeneezer Scrooge at his business and solicit money for the poor from him.
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Opinion: City, county, school district have spent a lot of federal money in 2022; resulting inflation now coming back to bite them
Who didn't see this coming?
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Opinion: Scathing Department of Children’s Services report says state not keeping children safe
State officials should consider the ongoing failures in the Tennessee Department of Children's Services as an emergency.
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Opinion: Downtown technical/vocational school offers numerous possibilities if strategic schools plan is courageous
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp spoke into the public record Thursday a plan to build what he'd talked about since at least the beginning of his mayoral campaign late last year -- a downtown vocational or technical high school.
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Opinion: District ACT score declines over last year to same score the district had in 2012
You won't find the information on the Hamilton County Department of Education's website under "Latest News."
