by Star News Staff | Aug 9, 2021
by Sydney Fowler A professor at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is pushing back against the school’s decision to hire more police officers. Nate Mills, a professor of English, criticized the school in a tweet saying “In consistency with the city of...
by The Center Square | Aug 9, 2021
by Elizabeth Troutman KORE Power, Inc. announced on July 29 that they are building the first lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility owned entirely by a U.S. company in Maricopa County, bringing 3,000 jobs to the Grand Canyon state. The one million square...
by Eric Burk | Aug 9, 2021
Governor Ralph Northam’s new mask and vaccine guidelines are reinvigorating Republican Glenn Youngkin’s campaign messaging. On Thursday, Northam announced that state employees need to get vaccinated or be regularly tested for COVID, and said that...
by Casey Owens | Aug 9, 2021
A Norwegian Cruise Line lawsuit that proposes an injunction against the law (SB 2006) that bans businesses from requiring vaccine passports in Florida was heard in court Friday by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams. After the cruise line argued to Judge...
by The Center Square | Aug 9, 2021
by Scott McClallen About 3,000 people gathered at the Michigan Capitol on Friday to protest governments and employers mandating the COVID-19 vaccine. Dressed in American flag clothing, Donald Trump flags, and back-the-blue shirts, they waved signs, saying, “my...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 9, 2021
Hundreds of Georgia residents and potential Republican voters on Saturday attended a Floyd County GOP event, which featured top candidates running for office in 2022. In the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds event, speakers ranged from Governor Brian Kemp, U.S. Senate...
by Star News Staff | Aug 9, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R-Mo.) issued a pardon for the St. Louis couple that successfully defended their home from far-left terrorists last year, after local prosecutors had sought to charge them with a crime, according to ABC News....
by Casey Owens | Aug 9, 2021
Data from the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) for the 2020-2021 school year shows a significant increase in the number of homeschool students. FDOE believes the increase is the “direct result” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not counting public...
by The Center Square | Aug 9, 2021
by Gailon Totheroh A new report released Wednesday lists the states with a marriage penalty on citizens’ income taxes. The Tax Foundation, a non-partisan policy think tank, lists 15 states that penalize couples for being married. Minnesota is one of those...