by Grant Holcomb | Apr 30, 2021
Florida Republicans resurrected a ban on transgender women from competing in women’s sports and attached it to a bill related to charter schools. Last week, Sen. Kelli Stargel (R-22) said her bill, which would’ve banned transgendered athletes from women’s...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 30, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson Nothing is now stranger than the contemporary college campus. Not too long ago, Americans used to idolize their universities. Indeed, in science, math, engineering, medicine and business, these meritocratic departments and schools often...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 30, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims dropped to 553,000 last week as the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Labor. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics figure released...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 30, 2021
by Eric Lendrum The massive soda company Coca-Cola is facing a challenge to its internal efforts to force diversity on law firms that are contracted to work for it, as reported by the Washington Free Beacon. In January, Coca-Cola announced an initiative that...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 30, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Republican governors across the U.S. are ramping up pro-life legislation as President Joe Biden continues to expand abortion access. The newest pro-life laws have been signed this week in Arizona, Oklahoma, Montana, and Idaho. On...
by The Center Square | Apr 30, 2021
by Casey Harper U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and other Republicans are speaking out against President Joe Biden’s agenda, which has become increasingly more wide-ranging and expensive since he took office. Biden addressed Congress and the nation Wednesday...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 30, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci Republican Sen. Ted Cruz vowed to no longer accept campaign contributions from corporate political action committees and urged his colleagues to do the same. Corporations have consistently attacked conservative values while expecting...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 30, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The largest U.S. teachers unions increased contributions to mainly Democratic politicians in 2020 amid a heated national debate over when to reopen schools during the pandemic. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) political action...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 30, 2021
by Gavin Wax Republican leaders are salivating over their prospects for retaking Congress in 2022. Populists need to be even more fired up about the primaries. Getting involved now is the only way to ensure an America-first victory. Some quality candidates are...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 30, 2021
The term “Uncle Tim,” a play on the racist term “Uncle Tom” often used to deride African Americans perceived as working against their own racial interests, trended on Twitter Wednesday night after Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) gave his rebuttal...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 30, 2021
Rumors are swirling that Florida’s 44th Governor, then a Republican, might enter the 2022 gubernatorial race, this time as a Democrat. “U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist has opened a political committee named ‘Friends of Charlie Crist,’ which...
by Grant Holcomb | Apr 30, 2021
Florida State University (FSU) failed to disclose foreign relationships, gifts, or contracts among university entities and now faces a U.S. Department of Education (DOE) inquiry. In a letter, obtained by The Florida Capital Star, to FSU President John Thrasher...
by Grant Holcomb | Apr 29, 2021
The Florida House passed SB 100, a repeal bill of the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (M-CORES) program. The program was a priority of former Senate President Bill Galvano to build new toll roads as part of an infrastructure plan...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 29, 2021
by Scott McKay There are a whole lot of things wrong in America, so many that it can often feel like fixing them is akin, as the old saying goes, to eating an elephant. And, as the old saying goes, the way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time. So what’s the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 29, 2021
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by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 29, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Stephen Miller, the former senior adviser to President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Biden Administration over its reparations to non-White farmers, pointing out that this constitutes discrimination against White farmers,...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 29, 2021
by Pedro Gonzalez The first thing we have to accept about the culture war is that the Republican Party and the conservative movement have lost. As it is for a battered alcoholic with bottles clinking about his heels, the first step toward recovery is admitting...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 29, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Catholic bishops may ask President Joe Biden to stop receiving communion if he continues to support and expand access to abortion in the United States, according to a leading bishop. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will hold a...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 29, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky Hunter Biden will be a guest lecturer at Tulane University for a course titled “Media Polarization and Public Policy Impacts” that focuses, in part, on “fake news.” The son of President Joe Biden is one of nine guest speakers for the class,...
by The Center Square | Apr 29, 2021
by Bethany Blankley A newly released survey of students at over 500 colleges and universities who belong to Greek-letter fraternities and sororities found that the majority of students don’t feel comfortable publicly disagreeing with their professors on a...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 29, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci Target CEO Brian Cornell received a pay raise amid the pandemic last year, boosting his total compensation to 805 times the salary of a median Target employee, Axios reported. Target paid Cornell $19.75 million in 2020, an increase of nearly...
