Editorials
The latest Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Free Press Editorials and Times Editorials.
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Free Press Opinion: Chattanooga History Experience needed to enhance what’s already here
Until Friday, the best way to get a sense of the history of Chattanooga was to have Chattanooga and Hamilton County historian Linda Moss Mines talk for 10 minutes on any of the myriad subjects in which she is steeped.
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Greg Martin: A return to virtue will make America stronger than ever
Americans who pay attention to political campaigns have grown accustomed to the phrase "anti-establishment," with candidates on both sides of the aisle recognizing challenging the status quo can be a powerful message.
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Times Opinion: Democrats’ greatest divide isn’t race or money
Overeducated and underpaid: Welcome to the rising faction of voters pushing the Democratic Party to the socialist left and foreshadowing a clash with mainstream liberals in 2028.
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Community Voice: Mobile crisis services help fill Tennessee’s youth mental health gap
As concerns grow about the future of healthcare access in rural Tennessee, mental health professionals at Youth Villages encourage families to become familiar with a resource that remains available statewide: mobile crisis services.
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Free Press Opinion: Tennessee has highest U.S. property tax increases
It stands to reason that a state without an income tax will need to find revenue somewhere, but it may alarm Tennessee residents that this state has had the largest average annual property tax increase between 2019 and 2025 of any state.
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Craig Fuller: Plans for the Times Free Press put Chattanoogans, families first
It has been a few weeks since my father and I purchased the Times Free Press, one of the most important institutions in our city and one of the most impactful community newspapers in the country.
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From the editor: Ranters bid a pithy farewell to the Rant
Limitations promote creativity — something a professor I once had loved to say.
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Perspective: AI is removing the first rung on Chattanooga’s career ladder
Chattanooga is moving in the right direction on artificial intelligence (AI) skills. The harder question is whether employers will still provide a first rung for people to use those skills at work.
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Local History: Chattanooga parks envisioned more than century ago
Warm weather finds local residents enjoying the many Chattanooga and Hamilton County parks that beckon families to put aside their digital screens and journey outside to commune with the trees, green spaces and the glorious Tennessee River and its tributaries.
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Letters to the editors: Overlooking governor candidate; gun violence; TFP’s new direction and more
Dear Clint [Cooper], I appreciated your editorial that included so many Tennessee women who have made history (8/16), but I was sorry to see you only included Jerri Green and Marsha Blackburn as the gubernatorial candidates and left out [independent] Lauren Pinkston.
