Opinion
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Free Press Editorial: Burchett top choice in voters’ survey to replace Blackburn
If U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is elected governor of Tennessee in November, someone will be appointed to replace her in the Senate.
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Community Voice: Picking appointment over elections makes Hamilton County an outlier
On Sept. 2, Hamilton County Commissioners voted against accepting the vacant school board District 11 seat. Several times.
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Letters to the editors: Reader has questions about shuttle moves
Regarding Sam Still's article on Sept. 3 about the city replacing electric shuttles with "autonomous" shuttles: I'm thrilled to see Chattanooga embracing technology and innovation.
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Readers Write: Not too late to have a debate
With elections fast approaching, many are still unclear about positions held by the candidates.
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Free Press Opinion: Stars and Stripes paper the latest casualty of ‘friendly’ fire
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Pete Hegseth, it appears, would not have gotten along well.
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Free Press Opinion: Flock camera conflict: are they friend or foe or both?
One doesn't have to watch many true crime documentaries or likely even police dramas to see the importance of security camera monitoring in the capture of the perpetrators of crime.
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Community Voice: Christa Pike deserves life in prison, not execution
I know what it is to lose a child.
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Heel!
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Sept. 12, 2026.
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Reclaiming Labor Day From ‘Right to Work’ lies
Tennesseans are many things, but we aren't fools. An essay published last Sunday arguing that we should be grateful for "right to work" on Labor Day shows how some have forgotten who we are.
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Dear Abby: Good friend passes away during ‘off-again’ phase
DEAR ABBY: My friend "Ben" and I had many ups and downs in our 30-year friendship. Three years ago, we had one of our periodic blowouts and stopped speaking.
