NEWS SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD

• Editorial: Report on growth in manufacturing jobs a positive sign Published 05/24/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The Knoxville area received more good economic news recently when a report from the Brookings Institution took note of the metropolitan area's growth in manufacturing jobs.

• Editorial: Public needs chance to vote for greater accountability Published 05/23/2012 at 4 a.m.

  When the Knox County Charter Review Committee convenes today to discuss whether voters should have the opportunity to reform independent offices, members would do well to recall what happened in Criminal Court on Monday.

• Editorial: Developments in Baumgartner saga raise hope for justice Published 05/22/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Two disparate events occurring one week ago today altered the trajectory of the saga of disgraced former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgarter. Special Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood granted Baumgartner judicial diversion, which will keep the felony conviction off ...

• Editorial: Students can't learn if they can't get to school Published 05/21/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Public officials in Tennessee have bragged about recent policies they deem as education reform, as they have reminded us of the need to train a work force for the challenging jobs of this century.

• Editorial: Commissioners need to explore funding options Published 05/20/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The Knox County school system isn't the only sector of county government that is seeking more funding in next year's budget.

• Editorial: Debt battle ramps up in Congress as election nears Published 05/18/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Last summer's congressional fight over raising the federal debt ceiling was so nasty and economically risky — it resulted in an unprecedented downgrade in the United States' previously sterling credit rating by Standard & Poor's — that House Speaker John ...

• Editorial: Gov. Bill Haslam correct to ignore Agenda 21 resolution Published 05/17/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Of all the measures considered this year by the Tennessee General Assembly that drew ridicule from many quarters, perhaps none was as silly as the resolution condemning a United Nations program called Agenda 21. Gov. Bill Haslam prudently declined to ...

• Editorial: Growing number of homeless families disturbing Published 05/16/2012 at 4 a.m.

  The most recent report on homelessness in the Knoxville-Knox County area reveals a disturbing trend — more families, especially single mothers and their children, don't have a permanent roof over the their heads.

• Editorial: Court delivered wise ruling in Tech speech case Published 05/15/2012 at 4 a.m.

  A panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th District has rejected a Tennessee Technological University policy restricting outside speakers on campus as being unreasonable and in violation of the First Amendment.

• Editorial: 'Let's Move' renews emphasis on fighting obesity Published 05/14/2012 at 4 a.m.

  "Easy living is sapping the strength and vitality of our children. One-third of them of school age can't pass minimum physical achievement tests."

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