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Editorial: Bills on guns, abortion, slavery await legislators

Tennessee’s General Assembly is back in session with 99 House members and 33 senators facing such bills as an attempt to ban most abortions, a permitless concealed carry handgun bill that would allow Tennesseans to go armed without background checks, and three state constitutional amendments, including one banning slavery.

Jun 2, 2020 at 9:00 PM
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Editorial: Businesses and restaurants need your feedback

As the economic recovery continues, there is a communications deficit between providers of goods and services and customers. The Downtown Kingsport Association, Kingsport Chamber and Visit Kingsport need your help to address the gap.

May 29, 2020 at 10:00 PM
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Editorial: Should we allow mail-in voting?

Underpinning our constitutional republic is the election process, which determines who will lead us. The legitimacy of that process must be beyond dispute, but in recent national elections that has not been the case for quite sometime.

May 26, 2020 at 9:00 PM
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Editorial: Be smart when visiting Kingsport Farmers Market

The market’s success and perhaps its future will depend on visitors observing rules necessary to ensure safety.

May 22, 2020 at 9:00 PM
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Editorial: Kingsport’s paving plan is appreciated

It is reassuring and gratifying that the city of Kingsport’s street repaving project will resume this summer.

May 21, 2020 at 10:45 PM
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Editorial: Taking steps to save tiny Lee isopod

The “butterfly effect” is the notion that such an insignificant thing as a single insect flapping its wings can set in motion a series of events leading to massive environmental change. In our region we might call this the Lee County isopod effect.

May 19, 2020 at 10:00 PM
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Editorial: City shouldn’t be too quick to tap rainy day fund

Local governments looking at depleting rainy day funds or instituting knee-jerk tax hikes to help cover sales tax and other pandemic-related revenue losses are setting themselves up for calamity.

May 15, 2020 at 9:00 PM
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Editorial: Keep live-streaming government meetings

Many local governmental bodies — the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen among them — already were streaming their meetings before COVID-19 made live video a necessity. Others had to play catch-up.

May 12, 2020 at 10:00 PM
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Editorial: Tennessee should reopen its courtrooms

Tennessee courtrooms were to reopen at the end of April but will now remain mostly closed through the end of May because of a Supreme Court order issued April 24. The order also stated that jury trials will remain suspended until July 3.

May 1, 2020 at 10:30 PM
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Editorial: Be smart, be safe as we reopen

Sullivan County residents are most fortunate not just to have local control over reopening the county economy but that those who will be managing the process are smart and competent.

Apr 27, 2020 at 5:00 PM
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Editorial: Reassure customers in your reopening message

Six Rivers Media, LLC — parent company to the Kingsport Times News, Johnson City Press, Jonesborough Herald & Tribune, Erwin Record, Mountain City Tomahawk and NET360 — has been preparing for this reopening for weeks, asking, “How can we help local business owners jump-start their business?

Apr 24, 2020 at 5:00 PM
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Editorial: Listen to the pros, not politicians and pundits 

Amateur epidemiologists are dangerously plentiful during this pandemic. Everyone from high-ranking politicians to local TV anchors suddenly are public health professionals. The egocentric rush to appear on top of things is clouding judgment.

Mar 31, 2020 at 9:00 PM
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Editorial: Interstate 26 needs to have six lanes

We already know what’s needed for I-26, which stretches 54 miles from Kingsport to Sams Gap. Part of the solution is to add another lane coming and going between Kingsport and Johnson City. Particularly on Fridays between 4 and 6 p.m., it’s the last place you want to be.

Mar 27, 2020 at 9:00 PM
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Editorial: Evelyn’s Law is commendable but needs more teeth

Caylee’s Law is the unofficial name for bills proposed in various states after the Casey Anthony case. In Tennessee, that law has been introduced as Evelyn’s Law after the disappearance of 15-month-old Evelyn Boswell of Blountville.

Mar 10, 2020 at 3:30 PM
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Editorial: Outdoor venue remains a viable idea

The most popular idea from a Kingsport brainstorming effort five years ago was for the city to build an outdoor venue for concerts and festivals as a magnet project to stimulate downtown development. Now the city says it is walking away from the project. This is the latest in a series of mistakes associated with this idea.

Mar 2, 2020 at 9:00 PM
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