by Star News Staff | Jan 10, 2024
by Will Kessler The Department of Labor announced Tuesday the final version of a rule that will force companies to recognize some workers as employees instead of independent contractors. The new rule goes into effect on March 11 and rescinds a previous rule...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 10, 2024
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said in a Tuesday press conference that he is officially pushing Memphis to build its own crime lab, citing the sheer amount of crime happening in the city. His call follows an analysis that showed Memphis with the highest...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 10, 2024
Americans for Prosperity – Tennessee (AFP-TN) published its 2024 Legislative Agenda on Tuesday, suggesting four major policy changes in the state as the General Assembly convened for this year’s legislative session. AFP-TN’s 2024 Reignite the American Dream...
by Just the News | Jan 10, 2024
by Natalia Mittelstadt Republicans are calling for President Joe Biden to be removed from the 2024 primary ballot as former President Donald Trump is facing challenges to remove him from ballots in multiple states. As challenges are brought to disqualify Trump...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 10, 2024
A bill introduced by a Tennessee Republican would exempt certain baby products from sales tax. “There is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter the retail sale of infant formula and diapers and wipes designed to be used by infants and children, if sold...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 10, 2024
U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) is demanding that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin resign after he was admitted to the ICU at Walter Reed Medical Center and failed to notify the White House about his hospitalization. Lloyd originally had an “elective procedure”...
by Star News Staff | Jan 10, 2024
by Jennie Taer Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities arrested a criminal illegal immigrant Jan. 4 that a Virginia sheriff let free after his arrest on suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor and production of child sexual abuse material, the...
by Just the News | Jan 10, 2024
by Joseph Weber An Arizona man who was believed to an FBI plant in the Jan 6. Capitol riot, was sentenced Tuesday to one-year probation for his participation in the incident. The rioter, 62-year-old Ray Epps, was sentenced to probation in deal with federal...
by Star News Staff | Jan 10, 2024
by Christopher Roach Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, has apparently been in the hospital, following complications from a surgery for an unknown ailment. He had the surgery and passed the baton to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, but did not...