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: The real cost of closing Tennessee primaries
Since 2009, Tennessee lawmakers have introduced 22 bills to close the state's primary elections to independent voters. None have passed. This year, they might finally succeed.
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Times Opinion: Vaccine confusion sets up US for a resurgence of hepatitis B in babies
Measles is back in the United States.
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Free Press Opinion: Democrats again attack religion
Democrats are again trying to pry some of the religious vote from Republicans, but their actions expose the insincerity of their approach.
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Times Opinion: Must the Tennessee MAGA be taken so seriously?
Over the past decade, the Make America Great Again movement has overtaken the Republican Party and earned the trust, for now, of its fervent base — a powerful yet minority coalition. The popular majority in opposition, fractured across numerous points of contention, has been stuck with the unfortunate task of reassembling the civic fabric torn by this toxic movement.
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Free Press Opinion: Mandated Bible history study, prayer time rejected for schools
Since any public school student is allowed to engage in silent prayer at any time of the school day or read their Bible during lunch or any non-instruction time, it was gratifying to see the "Protecting Religious Liberty and Expression in Public Schools Act," which would have required voluntary Bible study and prayer time, effectively removed from consideration during the remainder of this session of the Tennessee General Assembly.
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Free Press Opinion: Reelect Vince Dean as Criminal Court clerk
Hamilton County Criminal Court Clerk Vince Dean says voters need to consider, in determining whether to reelect him to a fourth four-year term, if they want someone with a track record as a good leader, if they want someone who handles their personal finances well, if they want someone who can motivate a team, and if they want someone who will not be a micromanager but allow people to do their jobs.
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Times Opinion: Don’t let fear rewrite America’s legacy of refugee resettlement
When the Taliban took Kabul in 2021, the world watched as Afghans clung to departing planes, hoping desperation might carry them to safety. We were among the lucky ones. We made it out.
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Times Opinion: Seniors face unfair rents and homelessness. They need rent control
From mobile home parks in Maine to modest apartments in California, seniors desperately need rent control to protect themselves against skyrocketing rents charged by predatory landlords.
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Free Press Opinion: No intention of making this budget right
Presidential budget requests are rarely to be taken seriously.
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Times Opinion: Let’s expel toxic right-wing politics from the Hamilton County Board of Education
Within national politics, we are living in a world dominated by a toxic political environment. While that is severely toned down at the local level, it does seep through into one realm: our schools.
