In 2007, the local newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee, ran a contest to select Community Columnists to write monthly opinion columns on regional issues of importance and concern to citizens in the Greater...

Our American democracy is not broken. Our two-party political system and constitutional government are working, though perhaps not at their best. In recent years, we have experienced the storming of the...

Knox County, Tennessee, has a form of government known as "Home Rule," which allows voters autonomy over county government at the local level. As part of Home Rule, Knox County forms a Charter Review...