Clint Cooper

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Opinion: Chattanooga City Council members must settle support staff scope — or skip decision this year 26 minutes ago by Clint Cooper Staff File Photo By Matt Hamilton/ The Chattanooga City Council meets April 15, 2025, in City Hall. We have hinted from this page before that we'd like to see the Chattanooga City Council be a more active, and less reactive, body.

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Thank you for your continuing comments on editorials, syndicated commentaries and other articles published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Below are two edited comments I received this week and my responses. Send your comments and questions to [email protected]. "[T]hanks for your insights and perspectives. The new [Erlanger] park, just like your take on the renovations regarding the waterfront to keep pace with change, is needed to keep professional baseball in [Chattanooga].

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Opinion: Dalton teen’s arrest underscores urgent need for immigration law reforms 7 minutes ago by Clint Cooper Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP / The family of Ximena Arias-Cristobal celebrates on May 22 after learning the 19-year-old will be leaving the Stewart Immigration Detention Center to return home after being granted bond on her immigration case.

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Opinion: Survey fleshes out culture importance of Moccasin Bend, but where to relocate hospital? 4 minutes ago by Clint Cooper Staff File Photo / A bench sits at the end of the Browns Ferry Federal Road Trail at the Tennessee River in the culture-rich Moccasin Bend National Archeological District.

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Opinion: City county must face an era of tighter government 1 minute ago by Clint Cooper Staff Photo By Robin Rudd / Lee Brouner, the county's chief financial officer, delivers his part of the budget presentation to the Hamilton County Commission at the county courthouse last week. Ah, the good ole days of 2021-2023, when so-called federal pandemic relief flowed into cities and counties and post-pandemic spending was strong.