by Grant Holcomb | Apr 23, 2021
Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 1, known as the “anti-riot bill” on Monday, and is now facing a constitutional challenge. The challenge was filed Wednesday and the civil rights attorneys behind the challenge are saying the new laws unconstitutionally “seek to...
by Grant Holcomb | Apr 23, 2021
The Florida House is taking up a bipartisan, compromise police reform bill on Friday, April 23. The bill would increase the amount of training for law enforcement officers and correctional officers. The bill, HB 7051, has been a product of House Republican...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 23, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson Any nation’s well-being—as Americans know from their own illustrious history—hinges on only a few factors. Its prosperity, freedom, and stability depend on its constitutional and political stability. A secure currency and financial order...
by The Center Square | Apr 23, 2021
by Scott McClallen U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Justice Department launched a sweeping investigation into practices of the Minneapolis Police Department. Garland’s announcement came one day after a jury convicted ex-Minneapolis...
by The Center Square | Apr 23, 2021
by Derek Draplin The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said Wednesday the agency is canceling oil and gas lease sales for the second quarter, drawing criticism from Wyoming’s governor. The announcement marks the second quarter in a row that the agency, which...
by The Center Square | Apr 23, 2021
by Casey Harper Democrats in the House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would make Washington, D.C. the 51st state in the union, a move that would almost certainly strengthen the Democrats’ Senate majority and bolster their ranks in the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 23, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The U.S. Postal Service’s law enforcement division is running a covert operation tracking and collecting Americans’ social media posts, Yahoo News reported. The postal service’s Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) monitored social...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 23, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Basketball player LeBron James posted, then deleted, a tweet attempting to single out an officer from the recent police shooting in Columbus, Ohio, in which he tried to rally his supporters to dox and retaliate against the officer in question,...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 23, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee Nearly 500 attacks targeted asylum seekers waiting or stranded in Mexico since President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Human Rights First reported Tuesday. Migrants waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border reported at least 492 instances of violent...
by Casey Owens | Apr 23, 2021
On Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met with Chairmen of the Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Chauncey Goss, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Noah Valenstein, and CEO of The Everglades...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 23, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims dropped to 547,000 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 Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 23, 2021
According to the most recent quarterly censorship report card from the Media Research Center (MRC), most of the major Silicon Valley tech titans are failing to protect freedom of expression. “By almost any measure, the first three months of 2021 were the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 23, 2021
by Bishop Aubrey Shines During World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower liked to remind his troops of the adage, “plans seldom survive initial contact with the enemy.” Today, the corollary is that the truth seldom survives initial contact with woke fascism. Woke...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 23, 2021
A bill that was both supported and opposed on the grounds of accountability passed the Florida House Wednesday. HB 7045, which will combine two school choice voucher programs and expand eligibility for parents to choose where their children go to school, passed...
