Editorials
The latest Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Free Press Editorials and Times Editorials.
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Community Voice: Data center actions by TVA need more scrutiny
In his Aug. 25 column, Clint Cooper complains about TVA's "critics" — including Appalachian Voices — for pushing for cleaner energy and raising concerns about the impacts of data centers and coal and gas power plants that power them.
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Local Opinion: Is Tennessee really one of the worst states to retire?
A recent study by 24 Hour Caregivers has ranked Tennessee as the sixth worst state to retire, which both surprised and shocked me.
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Free Press Opinion: Constitutional changes decked up for Tennessee voters
You know all that writing at the bottom of your election ballot that you're unfamiliar with and don't want to take the time to read? Well, get ready. Some of that will be on your November ballot.
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Opinion: Unelected bureaucrats revive recently vetoed Tennessee tax hike
Some Tennesseans might not know it, but Republican Gov. Bill Lee shielded them from a sudden rise in phone bills this summer when he vetoed legislation to increase the 911 surcharge.
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Times Opinion: Playing football is a choice. (Well, sort of)
Anyone searching for good news in a report published last week in the BMJ — a prominent British medical journal — might turn to the headline under which the New York Times published the report's conclusions: "Study's Alarming Finding: At Least 1 in 4 N.F.L. Players Gets Brain Disease."
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Free Press Opinion: Local Republican Party Chair Gail Greene’s actions to be examined
An accusation that Hamilton County Republican Party Chair Gail Greene violated state Republican Party bylaws is in the hands of the Republican state Executive Committee, and we hope it will fully investigate the matter.
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Free Press Opinion: Celebrate Dolly Parton’s sparkling legacy of wit, generosity and empathy
From the time that she first stepped onto the Grand Ole Opry stage, it was clear that the tiny girl from the Tennessee mountains was special.
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Local History: Chattanooga parks and city government reenvisioned
Chattanooga leaders took a bold step forward when they employed famed landscape artist and civic engineer John Nolen to create a system of parks, green spaces and playgrounds for the city.
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Free Press Opinion: In her memory, go and be like Dolly
What can be written about Dolly Parton that has not been written already?
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Times Opinion: Marsha Blackburn has betrayed Tennessee farmers
Marsha Blackburn has represented Tennessee for 23 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. At the age of 74, she now wants to become Tennessee's oldest governor after promoting policies in Washington that hurt Tennessee farmers and businesses.
