by Chris Butler | Jan 13, 2022
Weston Wamp, son of former Tennessee Republican Congressman Zach Wamp, is running for mayor of Hamilton County, and his past tweets reveal an intense dislike and even a resistance to former President Donald Trump. In more than one tweet, Weston Wamp denied that...
by Star News Staff | Jan 13, 2022
by Eric Lendrum In a new bombshell report, Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona appears to have solicited the infamous letter from the National School Board Association (NSBA) which falsely described conservative parents as “domestic terrorists.”...
by RealClearWire | Jan 13, 2022
by Steve Miller Democrats across the country are pushing to continue allowing private money to fund public elections as Republicans try to limit the practice, which they say gave Joe Biden an unfair and perhaps decisive advantage in his victory over Donald...
by Star News Staff | Jan 13, 2022
by Kendall Tietz President Joe Biden’s administration plans to provide millions of COVID-19 tests to K-12 schools each month, the White House said in a Wednesday statement. This month, the Biden administration will start shipping five million rapid COVID-19...
by Star News Staff | Jan 13, 2022
by Julie Kelly A top official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation repeatedly refused to disclose how many FBI agents and informants were involved in the Capitol protest on January 6, 2021. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday...
by Bethany Bowman | Jan 13, 2022
One of the first questions I ask an artist is if they come from a musical family. Since Anthony Nix was a foster kid who got adopted at age seven, his answer to that question was “I don’t know.” Even though his adoptive mother loved country music, they just...
by Star News Staff | Jan 13, 2022
by Andrew Trunsky A North Carolina court Tuesday upheld the state’s new congressional and state legislative lines, rejecting claims from Democratic groups that it was an unfair gerrymander giving Republicans in the state a big win. While the case may be...
by The Center Square | Jan 13, 2022
by Mary Stroka Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday proposed a tax cuts omnibus in her fourth Condition of the State speech. “Under these high ceilings, next to this marble, among these columns and portraits, it’s tempting to believe that nothing good happens...
by Star News Staff | Jan 13, 2022
by Eric Lendrum After House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) proposed possible new legislation to limit the practice of insider stock trading among members of Congress, even some within his own ranks have anonymously voiced their opposition to such a...
by Star News Staff | Jan 13, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.5% in December, bringing the key inflation indicator’s year-over-year increase to 7%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported. The CPI soared to 7% on a year-over-year basis in December,...
by Star News Staff | Jan 13, 2022
by Ailan Evans Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, are set to hold a second union vote after the first election was deemed illegal, a federal labor agency said Tuesday. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that workers at the Bessemer...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 13, 2022
Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Banking and Foreign Relations Committees, joined 15 of his GOP colleagues to introduce the Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination (COVID) Act of 2022, according to a Tuesday...
by Julie Carr | Jan 13, 2022
Live from Music Row Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the executive director for the Tennessee Coalition...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 13, 2022
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Wednesday nominated Sarah Campbell to fill a vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court, according to a release from the governor’s office. Campbell, who currently serves as the associate solicitor general and special assistant...
by Julie Carr | Jan 13, 2022
Live from Music Row Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed The Tennessee Star’s National Political Editor Neil...
by Julie Carr | Jan 13, 2022
Live from Music Row Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to...
by The Center Square | Jan 13, 2022
by Joe Mueller Out of dozens of lines showing millions of dollars for Missouri’s supplemental budget, one sticks out in House Bill 3014. There are 25 lines, each representing a department or office in Missouri government, requesting a 5.5% cost of living...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 13, 2022
Timothy Chmielewski, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Deputies Association Union President, announced a COVID vaccine mandate for his union’s employees on an internal email with a subject line that read, “You will be terminated.” John Gilmore posted a...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 13, 2022
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD), and REI co-op officials announced Wednesday that REI will establish a new distribution center in Lebanon, Tennessee. The new location will create over 280 jobs and...
by The Center Square | Jan 13, 2022
by Scott McClallen Michigan’s State Board of Education adopted a resolution supporting the recruitment and retention recommendations issued by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE). “The state legislature has the responsibility to help rebuild the teaching...
