Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: Why Trump always wants a crisis
How did the president try to justify the "public safety emergency" he used to deploy the National Guard to Washington and seize control of its local police force?
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Opinion: Elon Musk’s Music City Loop stands on shaky political ground
Elon Musk, everyone's least favorite among a cadre of deeply unpopular billionaires imposing undue influence over a second President Donald Trump administration, has made his foray into Nashville's local political scene.
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Opinion: Marsha Blackburn would lead Tennessee down a dangerous path
Among all the states in this country, standing as one of the most conservative, one of the most loyal to President Donald Trump and his right-wing agenda is Tennessee.
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Opinion: At all levels of local power, everyone is a political actor
Amid Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly's proposal to raise the city's property tax rate, some on the City Council are taking issue with how the mayor has approached his negotiations with the city's governing body.
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Opinion: NIMBY homeowners are the root of the housing crisis
Throughout Chattanooga's downtown urban core — whether on the North Shore or in other neighborhoods like Southside or Highland Park — there are apartment buildings being constructed left and right.
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Once and for all, nuclear wrong for us and more letters to the editors
Well, all the powerful energy leaders are getting in line to assure us that nuclear energy is wonderful!
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Opinion: City Council represents all of Chattanooga, not just individual districts
Amid debates over Chattanooga's property tax rate — whether residents should put more in to fund pay raises for police and fire personnel — there has been pushback from some on the City Council against such a proposal.
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Opinion: Trump wants more Chattanoogans sleeping on the street
Throughout America's cities — both large and mid-sized, like Chattanooga — there's a growing problem, amid the rising cost of living, that plagues this nation: homelessness.
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Opinion: The GOP has never been a party for small government
Over the past few decades, since former President Ronald Reagan ushered in a new era of conservative politics, the principle guiding force of the modern GOP — it is claimed — is the preservation of this central ideology: the smaller the government, the better.
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Opinion: The political taboo against tax increases is self-defeating
Every four years in Tennessee, each county in the state appraises all property within its borders — whether residential or commercial — for any change in value. While a seemingly mundane process, for any homeowner or renter in Hamilton County, it is seen as highly consequential to the bottom line of a household budget.
