by Star News Staff | Jun 11, 2021
by Star News Staff | Jun 11, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The developer of the Keystone XL Pipeline announced that it was abandoning the contested project months after President Joe Biden revoked the pipeline’s federal permit. TC Energy permanently canceled further construction of the pipeline...
by Star News Staff | Jun 11, 2021
by Debra Heine The Park Police did not clear protesters outside the White House last summer to make way for President Donald Trump’s photo opportunity, according to a new report released by the Interior Department’s inspector general on Wednesday. The report...
by Star News Staff | Jun 11, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The Consumer Price Index has increased 5% over the last 12 months, the fastest pace of inflation since August 2008, according to a Department of Labor report. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a common tool used to measure inflation, increased...
by Star News Staff | Jun 11, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims dropped to 376,000 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 Cooper Moran | Jun 11, 2021
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced on Thursday his intentions to run to represent the Grand Canyon State in the U.S. Senate. In a video announcing his candidacy, Brnovich said, “We entrust our elected leaders to protect our freedom and...
by Chris Butler | Jun 11, 2021
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Vernon Jones just returned from Arizona where he observed an audit of ballots from the November 2020 presidential election and also witnessed up-close what he said was a calamity at the U.S.-Mexico border. Jones talked to The...
by Hayley Feland | Jun 11, 2021
The Northern Lights Task Force in Minnesota arrested several people protesting Line 3 last weekend. Comments on social media led officers to believe that the protesters would be trying to confront law enforcement, leading to the arrest of up to 1,000 people....
by Casey Owens | Jun 11, 2021
The Board of Directors for Visit Florida, the state’s official tourism marketing corporation, approved over $130,000 in raises for CEO of Visit Florida Dana Young and her staff members. As reported by The News Service of Florida, Young received an 8%...
by Eric Burk | Jun 11, 2021
Call it the Emmy-nominated Virginia Department of Health (VDH) now. On Tuesday, the VDH announced that a short video advertising the state’s COVID-19 tracking app has been nominated for a regional Emmy and won a Silver Telly Award. The “Students for...
by Chris Butler | Jun 11, 2021
Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin is two points below former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe in a new WPA Intelligence poll. The poll said Youngkin had 46 percent while McAuliffe had 48 percent. Youngkin leads by...
by Grant Holcomb | Jun 11, 2021
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continued his push to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) from Florida’s classrooms while speaking at the State Board of Education meeting. He maintained the ideology, which is designed to distinguish people based on skin color and...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jun 11, 2021
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) caused another rift in the Democrat Party this week when she openly compared the United States and Israel to the Taliban and Hamas in a now-deleted tweet. After an exchange with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, wherein Omar demanded...
by The Center Square | Jun 11, 2021
by Scott McClallen A USA TODAY article dives into Michigan’s vaccine focus on “equity” instead of protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19. A surge of COVID-19 cases late in the pandemic killed 2,500 people. “But in the race to put shots in arms, Michigan...
by Cooper Moran | Jun 11, 2021
Congressman Buddy Carter introduced a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit Critical Race Theory (CRT) teachings in the military and require a detailed report about CRT’s total usage. Carter’s legislation, the Military Education and Values Act,...
by Eric Burk | Jun 11, 2021
The Fredericksburg City Council directed city staff to prepare a draft ordinance for a five-cent single-use plastic bag tax. In its Tuesday meeting, most of the city council expressed support for the proposal, introduced by Council Member Kerry Devine....
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jun 11, 2021
In a Monday interview with Daily Caller, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) continued to bolster his chops as a social conservative, saying he would happily sign a bill preventing chemical castration of minors. “I’m very much opposed to chemical castration of minors, I...
by Hayley Feland | Jun 11, 2021
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota implemented new changes to policing in a 4-1 vote in the city council meeting, following the death of Daunte Wright in April. The changes include a new department of public safety that will have unarmed officers to conduct traffic...
by The Center Square | Jun 11, 2021
by J.D. Davidson An Ohio teacher who said she was required to join the teachers union will not be able to plead her case in the front of the U.S. Supreme Court. The court refused this week to hear Jade Thompson’s appeal of her lawsuit, which called for an...
