by Grant Holcomb | Apr 28, 2021
The Florida House unanimously passed HB 7051, a bipartisan police reform bill designed to be a compromise piece of legislation satisfying the requests of conservatives as well as social justice advocates. One of the main staples of the bill is amending current...
by RealClearWire | Apr 28, 2021
by John Murawski As recently as last summer, few people outside academia had heard of critical race theory, whose central claim is that racism, not liberty, is the founding value and guiding vision of American society. Then, President Trump issued an executive...
by Neil W. McCabe | Apr 28, 2021
President Donald J. Trump’s last White House chief of staff told supporters at the April 24 House Freedom Fund reception and dinner at the president’s Palm Beach, Florida resort club Mar-A-Lago why they did not have to worry about House Minority Leader Kevin O....
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing next month to investigate challenges levied by the union that attempted to organize Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama, according to CNBC. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) acting...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Mary-Grace Byers A group of Christian college students is suing the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that Title IX’s religious exemption allows federally-funded religious colleges and universities to discriminate against LGBTQ students. The Religious...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Chuck Ross Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday vehemently denied providing Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif with secret information about Israeli strikes on Iranian interests in Syria, an allegation which Republicans seized on to call for...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Steve Postal Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) called China the “most sophisticated” actor of foreign countries subverting our biomedical research in last week’s Senate hearing on the topic. This follows the release of the Office of the Director of National...
by The Center Square | Apr 28, 2021
by Bethany Blankley The California Secretary of State’s Office confirmed Monday that it has received and verified enough signatures to trigger an election for the removal of Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber said Monday the...
by RealClearWire | Apr 28, 2021
by Sean Trende Going into this decennial reapportionment, it appeared that states’ congressional delegations were poised for widespread reshuffling of the deck. New York was on the cusp of losing two seats, while Texas and Florida were in a position to pick up...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Eric Lendrum A recent study by Yale University indicates that if the Democratic Party continues overtly promoting “anti-racism” rhetoric, it could lead to a mass alienation of their own base in upcoming elections, as reported by the New York Post. The study...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Chuck Ross A former official in the Obama administration was charged Tuesday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a charter school he founded, and using the funds to help finance a luxury apartment in Manhattan. Seth Andrew, who served in the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Andrew Kerr A Los Angeles-based jail reform group led by BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors spent nearly $26,000 for “meetings” at a luxury Malibu beach resort in 2019, according to campaign finance records reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Reform...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Roger Kimball I have been thinking a good deal recently about Arnold Toynbee’s much-quoted observation that “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.” As an historical proposition, I’d say that it was like the story of the curate’s breakfast egg. “I’m...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 28, 2021
The Florida Senate Monday passed a bill that would provide $200 million in state funds for school choice voucher programs, sending the bill to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). As reported by The Florida Capital Star last week, the Florida House passed HB 7045...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | Apr 28, 2021
by Anthony Gockowski In the weeks leading up to Gov. Tim Walz’s “pause” on youth sports, state officials were privately scrambling for evidence to support the restrictions, at times admitting that “there isn’t much,” emails released Monday reveal. “Here’s the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 28, 2021
The federal government is standing in the way of Florida restaurants that are in desperate need of employees as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down, and Floridians look to dine out. “The biggest challenge out there is the federal government and the state...
