by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 23, 2021
In what is being viewed as an attempt to counter the efforts of former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, a Republican former U.S. Senator from the Peach State has founded her own voter outreach group. “Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler is starting a...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Marc Landy Federalism is like a diet. Both the Left and Right try to stick to it, but each abandons it when its craving for the policy equivalent of fries and a shake grows too strong. The Left, which normally looks to the national government for policy...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The leading advocacy organization for small businesses in the U.S. is focusing its legislative efforts on defeating a proposal to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. The minimum wage is the biggest issue the National...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Joe Biden is set to announce today that the United States will be spending $4 billion on an effort to increase distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in poor and third-world countries, as reported by ABC. Congress had approved spending the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Debra Heine The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Republican challenge over absentee ballots received up to three days after Election Day in Pennsylvania. Republicans in the Keystone State had sought to block a state court ruling that allowed the Nov. 6 ...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee Around $14.3 million worth of narcotics and several weapons have been seized since the start of February at an Arizona port where officials also arrested a man wanted for murder, Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday. Officials...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Chuck Ross Two House Democrats sent letters Monday to a dozen television broadcasters suggesting that they stop airing Fox News, Newsmax, and One America News Network, a move which a Republican commissioner on the FCC called a “chilling transgression” aimed...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Jacob Fischler U.S. Senate Republicans may use next week’s Interior confirmation hearing for Rep. Debra Haaland to air their grievances about the Biden administration’s energy policies, running the risk of alienating Native Americans in Western states. GOP...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, has begun attaching formal disclaimers to many of its products at the start of each movie or TV show declaring that the content may be “offensive,” as reported by the New York Post. Among these products...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Catherine Smith McDonald’s will tie executives’ pay to diversity goals and aims to hit gender parity in management by the end of 2030 as the company tries to overhaul its workplace culture. Fifteen percent of the company’s annual bonuses will be used to...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Laura Olson The extreme cold weather across much of the country has delayed 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, slowing a vaccination rate that has been steadily rising since the Biden administration took office last month. The backlogged doses account for...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Feb 23, 2021
by Edward Ring With President Biden and Kamala Harris steering the American ship of state, there isn’t much left at the federal level to stop “woke” politics from encroaching even further into all aspects of American society. In every federal agency including...
by Chris Butler | Feb 23, 2021
Georgia State Rep. Charlice Byrd (R-Woodstock) said Monday that a Republican colleague is holding up Voter ID legislation that Byrd said will help prevent fraud in the state. That legislation, if enacted into law, would require non-U.S. citizens to have “BEARER...
