by Cooper Moran | Jun 17, 2021
Former President Donald Trump released a statement on Thursday praising Georgia Star News journalist Laura Baigert for her investigative reporting efforts. “Thank you and congratulations to Laura Baigert of the Georgia Star News on the incredible...
by Star News Staff | Jun 17, 2021
by Virginia Allen California teacher Brenda Lebsack says she began seeing “red flags” in her school district when she decided to become more involved with her union, the California Teachers Association. After she began attending the union’s conferences in 2015,...
by Star News Staff | Jun 17, 2021
by Eric Lendrum In an unsettling development, the administration of Joe Biden is asking American citizens to betray friends and family who have different political views, and report them to the government for allegedly being “radicalized,” as reported...
by Star News Staff | Jun 17, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci A federal judge ordered the federal government to halt its ban on new oil and gas leases in a major setback for President Joe Biden’s administration. Judge Terry Doughty, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana,...
by Star News Staff | Jun 17, 2021
by Harry Wilmerding General Motors announced in a press release Monday that it would invest $35 billion in electric vehicles through 2025, including the construction of two U.S. battery factories. “We are investing aggressively in a comprehensive and highly...
by Star News Staff | Jun 17, 2021
by Debra Heine Fox 26 reporter Ivory Hecker told Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe that the Fox affiliate moved to muzzle her reporting on Hydroxychloroquine because it went against “the corporate narrative,” which has allegedly been influenced by Fox’s...
by Star News Staff | Jun 17, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky The Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday making Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth, already celebrated in the majority of states on June 19, commemorates the official end of slavery in Confederate states on that day in 1865....
by Corinne Murdock | Jun 17, 2021
Parents are organizing to recall six members of the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) School Board who kept schools closed and reportedly allowed and encouraged Critical Race Theory curriculum. LCPS parent Ian Prior – one of the leaders behind Fight...
by Chris Butler | Jun 17, 2021
An African American man who allegedly shot and wounded five White men in Phenix City, Alabama and nearby Columbus, Georgia last weekend could face federal hate crimes charges. This, according to Phenix City Assistant Police Chief George Staudinger. “The FBI has...
by Hayley Feland | Jun 17, 2021
Two competing Republican bills have been brought forward seeking to end Governor Tim Walz’s emergency powers and ensure that it will never happen again. One of the bills, HF28 was introduced to the Special Session on Monday and was authored by Representative...
by The Center Square | Jun 17, 2021
by Bruce Walker The Michigan State Senate passed a School Aid Funding supplemental appropriations bill. The entire $4.38 billion sum approved by the Senate on Tuesday afternoon is derived from federal funding, which includes $700 million of COVID-19...
by Eric Burk | Jun 17, 2021
Attorney General Mark Herring and Delegate Jason Miyares (R-Virginia Beach) laid out competing visions for the Office of Attorney General in their first debate Tuesday. Herring said the attorney general should work for safety, justice, equality, and opportunity...
by Cooper Moran | Jun 17, 2021
The Ohio House of Representatives voted to expel one of their members, former Speaker Larry Householder (R-Glenford), following Householder’s indictment in an alleged $60 million federal bribery scheme. Republican members advocated for the vote to be held...
by Casey Owens | Jun 17, 2021
During a Florida Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis discussed the possibility of appointing a new secretary for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) without the Cabinet’s approval. Controversy regarding the appointment comes after...
by Star News Staff | Jun 17, 2021
by Rose Williams Democrats said Monday that Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency powers will most likely continue into August. Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, thinks both the governor and the legislature “foresee an end to the peacetime emergency...
by Eric Burk | Jun 17, 2021
The Arlington County Board is expected to vote in July on a motion to rename U.S. Route 29 from Lee Highway to Langston Boulevard. On Saturday, the board voted to defer the vote to allow more time for community comment and to refine cost estimates, according to...
by Casey Owens | Jun 17, 2021
A discrepancy between Florida Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried’s English and Spanish websites has been recently criticized as a deliberate attempt to withhold progressive ideas from Hispanic and Latino voters. Newsweek noticed the discrepancy and...
by Grant Holcomb | Jun 17, 2021
On Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried had a war of words related to governance issues related to the defunding police issue. Fried, who is running as a Democratic candidate to unseat DeSantis in the 2022...
