by The Center Square | Jul 18, 2021
by Jon Styf Nearly 9,400 new unemployment claims were filed in Tennessee last week; the highest weekly total since mid-April. Only nine states had more new unemployment claims than Tennessee last week. The 9,376 new claims last week represented a 42% increase...
by Star News Staff | Jul 18, 2021
by Robert Weissberg Few notice what is taught in school until it is too late. Today’s push for Critical Race Theory (CRT) is extraordinarily ambitious, and it is hard for defenders of traditional education to imagine anything more toxic than this theory that...
by The Center Square | Jul 18, 2021
by William Patrick Louisiana U.S. Sen. John Kennedy has introduced a bill to limit protections for social media companies that secretly leverage user data to promote divisive content. Kennedy, a Republican, blasted Silicon Valley behemoths such as Facebook and Twitter...
by Star News Staff | Jul 18, 2021
by Newt Gingrich The late Kurt Vonnegut had a simple yet profound approach to writing. “When I write,” he said, “I simply become what I seemingly must become.” Stephen Hunter, another great American writer, has a similar approach to his craft today. His process...
by Star News Staff | Jul 18, 2021
by Sebastian Hughes Border officials encountered nearly 190,000 migrants at the southern border in June, a 5% increase over May’s numbers, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Friday. There was a significant increase in the number of re-encounters in...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jul 18, 2021
Just a day after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted that the Biden administration is colluding with Facebook to censor “misinformation,” Psaki advocated for even more online censorship. During a Friday press briefing, she advised social...
by The Center Square | Jul 18, 2021
by Casey Harper Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell tried to calm lawmakers’ fears about rising inflation but also said it would probably remain elevated for months to come. Testifying before Congress this week, Powell said the Federal Reserve was willing to...
by The Center Square | Jul 18, 2021
by Jon Styf The average public school classroom teacher in Tennessee made $52,596 during the 2019-20 school year, according to a new report from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office of Research and Education Accountability. The average salary rises to $55,210 if...
by Star News Staff | Jul 18, 2021
by Eric Lendrum On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was sued by a watchdog group after the agency failed to hand over requested documentation of communication between the government agency and the leaders of various teachers’ unions, Fox...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 18, 2021
After more than 50 Texas Democrats fled the state to avoid a special legislative session, three of the lawmakers tested positive for COVID-19. After one member tested positive for the virus on Friday, two more lawmakers received additional positive test results...
by Star News Staff | Jul 18, 2021
by Ben Zeisloft California’s community college students are now required to fulfill an “ethnic studies” requirement in order to graduate. On July 13, California’s Community Colleges Board of Governors announced that students seeking an associate degree must...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 18, 2021
Clay Travis, the founder of OutKick and a frequent sports analyst, will headline the annual Boots & Jeans, BBQ & Beans Event — hosted by state Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin). The talk radio show host has raised his national profile over the past...
by Star News Staff | Jul 18, 2021
by Eric Lendrum On Wednesday, a scientific organization announced that it was changing the names of two species of insects, due to the informal names allegedly being “racist,” the Daily Caller reports. The Entomological Society of America (ESA) announced in a...
by Star News Staff | Jul 18, 2021
by Kyle Hooten Minnesota Democrats have called for Rep. John Thompson to resign nearly one year after his long history of alleged violence and domestic abuse became a topic of public discourse. Thompson first achieved notoriety in August 2020 when he called for...
by Casey Owens | Jul 18, 2021
Cuban-American Senator Marco Rubio criticized the Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization after it posted a statement on Instagram Wednesday night blaming the U.S. government for the current crisis in Cuba. In addition to pointing fingers at the U.S., the...
by Casey Owens | Jul 18, 2021
Governor Ron DeSantis joined Governor Greg Abbott in Texas on Saturday for a border crisis briefing. The crisis began after the Biden administration lifted multiple border policies issued by former President Trump. Florida was the first state to provide help at...
by Grant Holcomb | Jul 18, 2021
A new report from the U.S. Department of Labor shows jobless claims in Florida are down from the week ending on July 3. There were 6,739 jobless claims filed by July 3, down to 6,430 for the week ending on July 10. Across the country, 360,000 new claims were...
by Matthew Hall | Jul 18, 2021
The United States federal government is coming to Virginians’ doorsteps to ask for their personal medical information and vaccination status. Vaccination efforts in the western Tidewater counties of Franklin, Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, and...
by The Center Square | Jul 18, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Government money that established grants for small businesses in Ohio has doubled since June and remains available, according to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. DeWine initially established the grant program in June with $155 million in federal relief...
by Star News Staff | Jul 18, 2021
by Brad Polumbo There’s nothing worse than when you’re having a bad day and come back to your car to find a parking ticket on your windshield. Except, maybe, if that ticket was for $100,000, and you got it for parking on your own property. That’s what happened...
by Hayley Feland | Jul 18, 2021
Hamline University announced that they will be requiring students to be vaccinated against COVID before classes commence in the fall. The University’s President Fayneese Miller said, “We want, and need, to be together as a community. We value a sense of...
