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Staffers and volunteers gathered on Patten Parkway in downtown Chattanooga Saturday for the kickoff to "Vote for Change," a national voter registration effort sponsored by the Barack Obama campaign. Organizers say some 55 volunteers gathered 140 voter registration forms in over two dozen locations throughout Hamilton County.

Perhaps it’s a slow news day.

Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Herman Wang finds the time to file the story he was working on when his home got invaded on the buzz of a possible Phil Bredesen Veep run as well as oth

The Chattanooga Times Free Press — or Dave Flessner, to be exact — delivered somewhat of a bombshell report today on the cozy relationship between downtown condominium developers and the Ron Littlefield/Dan Johnson administration.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press notes in this article that Spanish Mass was a priority in Nashville at least 20 years ago:The Rev. George E. Schmidt, pastor of Sts. Peter & Paul Church, said the then-Diocese of Nashville recognized the influx of immigrants more than 20 years ago when it assigned a priest to hold a monthly Spanish Mass in Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga and the Tri-Cities.

Gov. Phil Bredesen, apparently pouting because no one likes his idea for a superdelegate convention, now is trashing both Democratic candidates for president. He told the Philadelphia Inquirer, "What scares me the most this year is that this is a tough election and McCain has enormous appeal.

I have been both amazed and distraught at the lack of leadership in addressing the immigration problem by the federal government. I read a statement in the February 24th Chattanooga Times Free Press titled . . .  continue

The Chattanooga Times Free Press interviewed Senator Alexander on Iraq. Click here.

Another report of increased violence against students. The call goes out for more security phones and security systems. Odd how violence has risen even though cell phones are in about every students ear half the day. I doubt criminals fear the phone.

The Chattanooga Times-Free Press reports that Georgia's attempt to force a redrawing of the state's border with Tennessee - in order to get access to Tennessee River water to slake the endless thirst of Atlanta - could go directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, and soon. Meanwhile, Tennessee's Democrat leadership is mostly treating the whole thing like a big j