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Riley Gaines tells Chattanooga audience that the state will be partnering with Turning Point to get a Club America chapter in every Tennessee high school www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/no...
Tennessee to partner with Turning Point USA, Riley Gaines says at UTC | Chattanooga Times Free Press
The state of Tennessee will soon announce a partnership with Turning Point USA, the conservative nonprofit founded by the late Charlie Kirk, according to former college swimmer Riley Gaines, who repre...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Riley Gaines tells Chattanooga audience that the state will be partnering with Turning Point to get a Club America chapter in every Tennessee high school www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/no...
Law says they're supposed to compare to public agencies too, such as the New York Power Authority.
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TVA looks only to for-profit private companies to set CEO pay | Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Tennessee Valley Authority hires a consultant to help set compensation for its CEO in line with amendments to its founding law, which require an annual survey of pay at government-owned public age...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Law says they're supposed to compare to public agencies too, such as the New York Power Authority.
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"No one should speak with reporters, especially about this." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/se...
Tennessee business diversity office is rebranding, will focus on small businesses | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Officials at a Tennessee state office that helps small and diverse businesses compete for government contracts have decided on a new name and logo and are designing a new website that excludes referen...
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September 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"No one should speak with reporters, especially about this." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/se...
"This project was designed using all required state and federal guidelines, which consider things like the type of road and the likelihood of certain rain events," TDOT spokeswoman says. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/au...
August 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"This project was designed using all required state and federal guidelines, which consider things like the type of road and the likelihood of certain rain events," TDOT spokeswoman says. www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/au...
"Together we achieve more and reach new heights." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...
This technology can tell if you’re sleep deprived at work | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Using six seconds of speech, software developed by a company called Tenvos AI claims to tell whether workers are too sleep-deprived to safely operate heavy machinery or drive a large truck on the high...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Together we achieve more and reach new heights." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...
TVA responds: "There is no principled reason to request his resignation, and the White House PPO has provided no substantive reason to terminate Mr. Moul." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...
Trump White House demanded TVA CEO’s resignation after musician John Rich opposed project | Chattanooga Times Free Press
A White House official called the chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors on Monday to ask the board to demand the resignation of the federal utility's CEO, but the board refused to...
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July 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
TVA responds: "There is no principled reason to request his resignation, and the White House PPO has provided no substantive reason to terminate Mr. Moul." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...
Gonna be a big weekend here.
June 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Gonna be a big weekend here.
"The United States remains a beacon of liberty precisely because of protections enshrined in the First Amendment." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...
Catoosa County GOP election screening case can proceed | Chattanooga Times Free Press
A lawsuit by the Catoosa County Republican Party seeking to assert its ability to screen candidates for GOP primary elections, rather than let voters choose from an open field of contenders, has been ...
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June 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"The United States remains a beacon of liberty precisely because of protections enshrined in the First Amendment." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ju...
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Definition of ECLAIRCISSEMENT
a clearing up of something obscure : enlightenment… See the full definition
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May 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Dalton student speaks after ICE detention: "I know this is a moment in my life that is gonna build me to be a bigger person. And just rocket me up in the sky. And like my dad always tells me, I'm in a country where the sky is the limit." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ma...
With Dalton students’s arrest, many lives upended | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Appearing with her lawyer before the media in Atlanta on Tuesday evening, Ximena Arias-Cristobal of Dalton said she has been holed up at home since getting out of federal immigration detention — fearf...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Dalton student speaks after ICE detention: "I know this is a moment in my life that is gonna build me to be a bigger person. And just rocket me up in the sky. And like my dad always tells me, I'm in a country where the sky is the limit." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ma...
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Former worker whose government contract was cut by DOGE: "I could quite frankly see how this wouldn't be aligned with the mission-critical aspect of what government efficiency would mean to the taxpayer." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ap...
DOGE cancels contracts with Signal Mountain company focused on supporting domestic manufacturers | Chattanooga Times Free Press
As President Donald Trump imposes taxes on imports that he says will strengthen domestic manufacturing, his administration is terminating federal contracts focused on strengthening domestic manufactur...
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April 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Former worker whose government contract was cut by DOGE: "I could quite frankly see how this wouldn't be aligned with the mission-critical aspect of what government efficiency would mean to the taxpayer." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ap...
"It was covered up and concealed, and Brad kept on behaving 'Brad-ly.'" www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ap...
‘He was straight up grooming me’: Woman speaks out about former rector of St. Paul’s in Chattanooga | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Six years ago, when Kim Smith filed a complaint over messages sent to her by the since-removed rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, she said she expected church leaders to keep a close eye on the ma...
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April 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"It was covered up and concealed, and Brad kept on behaving 'Brad-ly.'" www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ap...
When a doge was chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice #telfairmuseums
March 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When a doge was chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice #telfairmuseums
New federal lawsuit cites Times Free Press reporting www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
February 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
New federal lawsuit cites Times Free Press reporting www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
"I can say with absolute certainty that no one I have ever worked with was doing something unimportant." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
Chattanooga-area federal employees pushed to resign under Trump policies | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga area federal employees are leaving jobs they found meaningful and important as President Donald Trump's administration continues to shrink the federal workforce.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"I can say with absolute certainty that no one I have ever worked with was doing something unimportant." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
‘The papers aren’t what does the work’ www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
Immigrants transformed this North Georgia town. Fear runs deep for many — but one man’s hustle goes on | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Dim lights flicked on overhead, revealing hundreds of door frames, packed sideways against one another like books on a shelf.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Headlines I restrained myself from this week:
This minnow could be lost
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This minnow could be lost
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WATCH: Laurel dace, a fish found only on Walden’s Ridge, is ‘about as near as you can get’ to extinction | Chattanooga Times Free Press
A laurel dace in a stream is like a canary in a coal mine.
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February 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Headlines I restrained myself from this week:
This minnow could be lost
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This minnow could be lost
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"I always wanted to write a book," Fleischmann said. "I do think people in public life ought to be doing more than just what they do."
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Southeast Tennessee, is making a foray into fiction.
Fleischmann released his first novel, "Once Upon An Empire," on Tuesday.
Fleischmann released his first novel, "Once Upon An Empire," on Tuesday.
Chattanooga congressman tries on new title, novelist | Chattanooga Times Free Press
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Southeast Tennessee, is making a foray into fiction.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"I always wanted to write a book," Fleischmann said. "I do think people in public life ought to be doing more than just what they do."
Chattanooga pastor asseses Elon Musk X about him: "AI wrote that." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
Elon Musk criticizes Chattanooga pastor after sermon refers to violence | Chattanooga Times Free Press
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February 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Chattanooga pastor asseses Elon Musk X about him: "AI wrote that." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
"These documents, steeped in racism and xenophobia, strike at the very heart of what we hold dear in our diverse communities." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ja...
East Tennessee awakes to KKK recruitment leaflets telling migrants to self-deport | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Residents around East Tennessee awoke Tuesday morning to flyers instructing immigrants to "self-deport" and recruiting "white protestants" to join the cause of the Ku Klux Klan.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"These documents, steeped in racism and xenophobia, strike at the very heart of what we hold dear in our diverse communities." www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ja...
Reading list document 'inaccurately reflected our intentions,' group says without apologizing www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ja...
Tennessee Republican women’s group moves to get Hitler reference off website | Chattanooga Times Free Press
After facing online scrutiny, the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women has taken steps to remove a reading list for children from its website that referenced Adolf Hitler as an example of leadersh...
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January 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reading list document 'inaccurately reflected our intentions,' group says without apologizing www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ja...
