by Rachel Alexander | Mar 30, 2023
Democratic Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs’ press secretary Josselyn Berry resigned Tuesday evening after outrage over a now-deleted tweet threatening to use violence against those who disagree with promoting transgenderism. Coming less than 12 hours after a transgender...
by Neil Jones | Mar 30, 2023
The Arizona State Senate passed more legislation Tuesday to strengthen Arizona’s elections, starting with House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 2033, sponsored by State Representative Austin Smith (R-Suprise). “Thank you to the @AZSenateGOP for voting out...
by M.D. Kittle | Mar 30, 2023
Ohio entrepreneur and anti-woke crusader Vivek Ramaswamy is launching a multi-million dollar ad campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, according to his campaign. The spot, titled “Identity Crisis,” is...
by Hannah Poling | Mar 30, 2023
The Ohio Supreme Court set a schedule on Tuesday for briefs and evidence in a lawsuit claiming that the Ohio Ballot Board erred by approving a proposed abortion constitutional amendment as one issue. Earlier this month, the Ohio Ballot Board unanimously certified that...
by Star News Staff | Mar 30, 2023
by Anthony Gockowski Gov. Tim Walz and his family will temporarily relocate to a $17,000-a-month lakeside mansion later this year during renovations to the St. Paul governor’s residence. The Minnesota Department of Administration entered into an 18-month lease...
by Hannah Poling | Mar 30, 2023
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose on Tuesday supported a prospective August election as a way to change the process of how initiative petitions can propose constitutional amendments. Republicans in both the House and Senate have introduced resolutions to raise the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 30, 2023
First Lady Jill Biden traveled to Nashville on Wednesday to attend the citywide candlelight vigil at One Public Square Park to mourn the six victims gunned down on Monday at The Covenant School. The victims – Evelyn Dieckhaus, age 9; William Kinney, age 9;...
by Star News Staff | Mar 30, 2023
by John Harris In 2016 Tennessee passed two new statutes with bi-partisan support that addressed the issue of whether Tennessee’s private schools, both K-12 and “higher education,” could establish their own policies with respect to whether and to what extent...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 30, 2023
Republican states are beginning to consider rejecting federal funding for K-12 education in order to keep out federal interference in the form of the strings attached to the monies. In February, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) said he had...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 30, 2023
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee addressed the state on Tuesday in a video posted to social media just one day after six victims, including three children, were gunned down by 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale at The Covenant School in Nashville. The governor revealed that...
by The Center Square | Mar 30, 2023
by Jon Styf A day after shootings at a Nashville school left three students, three teachers and the shooter dead, Tennessee’s Senate Judiciary Committee delayed all of its gun-related bills one week. The committee was set to consider Senate Bill 1325, which...
by Star News Staff | Mar 30, 2023
by Robert Romano S.686, the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act or the appropriately titled “RESTRICT Act” could be used to censor any website in America, not just TikTok. The legislation would...
by The Center Square | Mar 30, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo A manufacturer of lightweight advanced materials for sustainable technology plans to open a manufacturing facility in Cartersville. Hanwha Advanced Materials Georgia, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, plans to spend roughly $147 million...
by Star News Staff | Mar 30, 2023
by John Hugh DeMastri Ajay Banga, the former CEO of Mastercard that President Joe Biden has nominated to head the World Bank, told Axios Wednesday that both the bank and the private sector needed to spend “trillions” to combat both climate change and poverty....
by The Center Square | Mar 30, 2023
by Andrew Powell Critics say a bill that would increase retirement benefits for beneficiaries of the state’s defined-benefit pension system could put the system’s financials in future jeopardy. House Bill 239, which passed favorably through the House...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 30, 2023
On the heels of The Tennessee Star’s report in which a security expert recommended that schools implement ballistic glass film to deter and prevent school shooters, another security expert has recommended that schools implement ballistic glass. “So even if you...
by The Center Square | Mar 30, 2023
by Christian Wade Connecticut’s health care expenses increased by 6% to $34 billion in 2021, according to a new report, exceeding a goal set by Gov. Ned Lamont to limit the state’s cost growth. The first annual Connecticut Healthcare Cost Growth Benchmark...
by Star News Staff | Mar 30, 2023
by Mary Lou Masters Republicans and Democrats are entering an arms race to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in upcoming 2024 campaigns to complete simple, daily tasks previously accomplished by droves of interns, according to The New York Times. Both parties...
by Neil Jones | Mar 30, 2023
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne (R) released a study Tuesday demonstrating that school districts that put a higher percentage of their budget into the classroom and teacher salaries perform better academically. “No school can be better...
by Rachel Alexander | Mar 30, 2023
The Scottsdale City Council voted 4-3 last week to convert two driving lanes in Scottsdale’s Old Town entertainment district to bicycle lanes. Along 68th Street from Indian School Road south to Thomas Road, one lane each way will become bicycle lanes, leaving only one...
by Neil Jones | Mar 30, 2023
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell (R) announced Monday that four individuals responsible for the 2022 armed robbery of an Arizona jewelry store had been sentenced to prison. “The victims in this case lived through terrifying moments as they feared for...
