by Neil W. McCabe | May 18, 2021
The ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee told The Star News Network in an exclusive interview that President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s proposed hiking of taxes on estates, or the Death Tax, will cost the economy 800,000 jobs from...
by Grant Holcomb | May 18, 2021
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has long been rumored to be challenging Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the 2022 gubernatorial race but has yet to make a campaign launch official. However, last week, on Twitter, she made an announcement...
by Laura Baigert | May 18, 2021
Six months after the November 3, 2020 election, Fulton County has failed to produce complete chain of custody documents for 18,901 vote-by-mail absentee ballots deposited by voters into drop boxes. The Fulton County missing documentation is a little more than five...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Robert Romano 2020 and 2021 are two sides of the same coin: Price instability brought about by the dollar being either relatively too strong or too weak, which can lead to or exacerbate economic slowdowns, creating higher unemployment and worse if the...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Debra Heine A new book about the Marxist takeover of the military reached the top spot on Amazon’s bestseller list after the author, a former commander of a U.S. Space Force unit in Colorado, was fired for promoting it. Lt. Colonel Matthew Lohmeier,...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee The Biden administration redirected over $2 billion allocated for other health initiatives to care for unaccompanied migrant minors, Politico reported Saturday. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will receive $850 million meant...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Julie Kelly A newly-obtained video shows United States Capitol Police officers speaking with several January 6 protestors—including Jacob Chansley, the so-called “Q shaman”—inside the Capitol that afternoon. One officer, identified in the video and confirmed...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Mary-Grace Byers A national advocacy organization has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Columbus City Schools after its board said there is “systemic racism” within the system. Parents’ Defending Education’s complaint to the Department of...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan The United States Supreme court has agreed to take up a major Mississippi abortion case that could directly challenge Roe v. Wade. The court announced Monday that it will hear Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization beginning in...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Debra Heine At least 40 percent of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employees are refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine according to NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, and FDA official Dr....
by The Center Square | May 18, 2021
by John Haughey The ransomware attack that paralyzed the Colonial Pipeline for nearly a week, causing gas shortages throughout the Southeast, including Florida’s Panhandle, may revive one senator’s multi-year effort to convince the Sunshine State to establish...
by Cooper Moran | May 18, 2021
The Center for Renewing America is seeking to share stories of critical race theory (CRT) in action across the United States. The group is working with America First Legal, a legal group created by Stephen Miller and other Trump administration officials. The...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Fred Lucas A foe of former President Donald Trump is leading the Biden Justice Department’s push to discredit or halt an election audit in Arizona’s largest county—an issue that is heating up this week. Pamela S. Karlan, principal deputy assistant attorney...
by The Center Square | May 18, 2021
by Casey Harper Gas shortages on the East Coast have helped rally Congressional opposition to the portions of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan that would force oil and gas companies to pay more in taxes. House Republicans sent a letter to House Speaker...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 18, 2021
After initially labeling it “suicide by cop,” the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially updated the designation of the 2017 congressional baseball practice shooting, which left GOP Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA-01) critically wounded, to...
by Florida Capital Star Staff | May 18, 2021
by Dave Huber If it’s been said once, it’s been said many times: The academic language surrounding “equity,” “systemic racism” and the like is always ambiguous, vacuous and flowery. This is on purpose, mind you. Because when challenged, so-called experts can...
by The Center Square | May 18, 2021
by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is once again under fire for a Florida trip she took months ago. The trip was partially paid for by a 501(c)4 group, which critics say presents legal questions. Whitmer used funds from an inauguration-related nonprofit...
by Tiffany Morgan | May 18, 2021
Six months after the November 3, 2020 presidential election, officials at the state and county level in Georgia have failed to produce chain of custody records for more than 333,000 absentee vote by mail ballots deposited in drop boxes located around the state...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 18, 2021
With Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL-13) giving up his congressional seat to run for governor, and with the Republican-controlled state legislature set to draw boundaries on a new congressional district after the 2020 census, the GOP is looking to Florida to make...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 18, 2021
As the Florida Legislature reconvened in Tallahassee Monday for a special session to iron out the details of the state’s new gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe, one former Republican Governor spoke out against the deal. “South Florida is on a roll!”...
