by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 9, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased to 744,000 last week as the economy continues to slowly recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Labor. The Bureau of Labor and...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 9, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson Ed Bastian makes $17 million a year as chief executive officer of Delta Airlines, Georgia’s largest employer. Bastian just blasted Georgia’s new voting law. He thinks it is racist to require the same sort of ID to vote that Delta requires...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 9, 2021
by Deion A. Kathawa On Tuesday, the Republican-led Arkansas legislature overrode Governor Asa Hutchinson’s Monday veto of the aptly named “Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act” (SAFE Act). The SAFE Act would prevent vulnerable minors from irrevocably...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 9, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS — Illegal migrants are repeatedly held outside overnight, sometimes in the rain and cold, without cover for them or law enforcement officials working to process them after they arrive in the Rio Grande Valley sector...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 9, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee More than 172,000 migrants were encountered at the southern border in March, according to Customs and Border Protection. Officials apprehended nearly 19,000 unaccompanied migrant minors, around 53,600 family units and over 99,000 single...
by The Center Square | Apr 9, 2021
by Bethany Blankley Gov. Greg Abbott held a short press conference Wednesday night outside of the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio to discuss allegations about the abuse of migrant minors occurring at a federally run detention center. Two separate state agencies...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 9, 2021
by Fred Lucas The Defense Department is promoting reading resources on opposing “systemic racism” that include radical authors as part of a program to combat extremism within the ranks of the military. In a virtual meeting for “all hands” last month, the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 9, 2021
After leading a boycott against Major League Baseball’s All-Star game, originally scheduled to be held in Atlanta, failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is backtracking and blaming Republicans for the negative economic impact that the boycott will...
