by Chris Butler | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
Timber is one of Georgia’s largest industries, but some aspects of the industry are suffering, which prompted U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA-10) to participate this week in a forum on lumber prices. Republicans on the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources held...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, SNEF-Journalism, The South, Virginia
Right-leaning students at a Virginia institute of higher learning are petitioning the school against its policy of mandatory vaccinations. “Virginia Tech students delivered a petition with about 500 signatures that urges Virginia Tech to end a policy...
by Rachel Alexander | Jul 1, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
The Arizona House of Representatives passed a sentencing reform bill on Monday, but since a Senate Judiciary Committee Chair failed to bring a similar bill up for a vote in the Senate earlier this year, it’s not clear whether it will make it very far through...
by Hayley Feland | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Great Lakes
A paper in Mankato took issue with the Center for the American Experiment’s Raise Our Standards tour. The Raise Our Standards tour has been traveling around to various towns in Minnesota. The tour has already undergone much scrutiny and at one stop...
by Grant Holcomb | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
On Thursday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced he vetoed four bills. The bill most notably being struck was SB 54, a bill related to motor vehicle insurance due to the bill potentially having “unintended consequences,” the DeSantis team said. The bill was...
by Casey Owens | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, News, The South
Leon County circuit judge Francis Allman denied a motion to drop criminal charges against former Florida Department of Health (FDOH) employee Rebekah Jones. Jones is being charged for illegally accessing a FDOH computer system and sending a group message...
by Hayley Feland | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Great Lakes
The Minnesota Senate voted 45-21 to pass a public safety bill that included police reform. The reforms are part of a bigger public safety budgeting bill. The omnibus bill had Republican support in both the House and the Senate, but some Democrats who said it...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, SNEF-Journalism, The Midwest
Defining a clear line between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democrat Party, the third-highest ranking member of the U.S. House endorsed a primary opponent of frontrunner Nina Turner in Ohio’s 11th District special election. “What I try to do...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
President Joe Biden will travel to Miami-Dade County, Florida on Thursday to examine the site of the muti-story building that collapsed — leaving nearly a dozen dead and over 100 still missing. Further, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden will...
by Matthew Hall | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Faith, The South, Virginia
After an alleged coach-led pre-game prayer by the Graham High School “G-Men” Boys Soccer Team at the state championship game, an out-of-state atheist organization threatened to file a lawsuit against the school system. The local news reported that...
by Chris Butler | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
Gov. Brian Kemp this week named members of the Georgia Jobs and Infrastructure Committees, responsible for receiving applications and making recommendations regarding federal COVID-19 relief funds allocated to the state through the American Rescue Plan. State...
by Star News Staff | Jul 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Great Lakes
by Rose Williams A Minnesota professor recently debated in an editorial published by The New York Times whether it is “fair” to read his daughter classic children’s books because they are set in a natural world that is now “vanishing.” Paul Bogard, an associate...
