by The Center Square | Mar 23, 2021
by Nyamekye Daniel The Georgia Senate Appropriations Committee passed a $27.2 billion state spending plan Monday for fiscal year 2022. The proposal for state spending from July 1 to June 30, 2022, reflects a 5.3% increase in expenditures over the current fiscal...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Paul Bradford Georgia Republicans want to make their elections work better after the 2020 disaster. They’ve proposed sensible measures to eliminate no-excuse absentee ballots, remove dubious ballot drop-off boxes, and reform early voting times. This effort...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Mary Rose Corkery A Russian national, who co-founded a global fraud operation that’s responsible for stealing more than $560 million from millions of victims was sentenced to a decade in jail on Friday, the Department of Justice announced. Russian citizen...
by Bethany Bowman | Mar 23, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The first time I saw Sam Hatmaker was with the Song Suffragettes before COVID. Every songwriter who is part of the Song Suffragettes collective is amazing, but Hatmaker was unique and different. I knew even back then, I wanted to...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee Customs and Border Protection has held at least 800 unaccompanied migrant minors in custody for over 10 days, Axios reported Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can legally hold unaccompanied minors for 72 hours, though over 3,300 were in...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Reporters in the White House Press Briefing Room expressed frustration on Wednesday with the Biden Administration for failing to provide proper information or press access regarding the increasingly overflowing migrant detention facilities on...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren called the filibuster racist Thursday, months after she filibustered Republican Sen. Tim Scott’s police reform legislation. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the filibuster is both racist and shouldn’t be permitted...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Donald Devine Respected Washington Post journalist and CNN host Fareed Zakaria has thrown down the gauntlet by betting that President Joe Biden “can show us that Reagan was wrong” when the Gipper said that “government is not the solution to our problems....
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Chuck Ross House Democrats have hired Marc Elias (pictured above, right), the elections lawyer linked to the infamous Steele dossier, to help in their bid to overturn the results of an Iowa House race won by a Republican incumbent. According to Politico, the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Eric Lendrum The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a far-left hate group that specializes in smearing right-wing groups and individuals, is currently holding over $160 million of its assets in offshore bank accounts, according to the Washington Free...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Catherine Smith CNN has been losing viewers at a record rate since former President Trump left office, dropping nearly 50% its audience in key metrics since January, Fox News reported. The cable news channel had averaged 2.5 million primetime viewers from...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 23, 2021
The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indicted six suspects linked to violent robberies over a period of years that specifically targeted Nashville’s Hispanic community. “According...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Jack McEvoy West Chester University in Pennsylvania has recently instituted mandatory diversity training for faculty and staff. The required training would take place on the electronic platform EverFi, according to a memo sent to employees obtained by The...
by RealClearWire | Mar 23, 2021
by Peter Wood Booker was about twelve when he first set foot in a classroom and discovered that he needed a last name. He invented one on the spot, and for the rest of his life, he was Booker Washington. It was then and still is a civics lesson for America. As...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas are reportedly releasing illegal immigrants seeking asylum into the U.S. without giving them court dates, Fox News reported Sunday. Illegal immigrants claiming asylum are not given...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Mar 23, 2021
The Senate’s Committee on Rules and Administration Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) has announced she is holding a hearing Wednesday, March 24th at 10:00 AM ET on H.R.1/S.1, the Democrats’ misnamed “For the People Act.” This is the first announced Senate hearing...
by Chris Butler | Mar 23, 2021
U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA-10) announced Monday that he wants to replace Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and will run for Raffensperger’s seat next year. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, in a written statement, promptly endorsed Hice’s...
