by Chris Butler | Jul 19, 2021
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) this week introduced a bill that he said will increase diversity in Advanced Placement (AP) and Gifted and Talented Elementary (GT) classes. In a press release, Cohen also said his bill would use Elementary and Secondary...
by Star News Staff | Jul 19, 2021
by James Bovard Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s charge that the National Security Agency illegally spied on him and leaked his emails is enraging prominent liberals. Carlson sought “to sow distrust [of the NSA], which is so anti-American,” declared MSNBC analyst...
by Star News Staff | Jul 19, 2021
by Debra Heine Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said he still expects Justice Department Special Counsel John Durham to release a damaging report on the FBI’s corrupt Russia investigation, and while it “may not be as broad as we want it to be,” it will lead to...
by Star News Staff | Jul 19, 2021
by Alex McKenna Among a list of building names George Washington University has collected for study and review is Francis Scott Key Hall. Key is the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” But the private, Washington D.C.-based university has received a request...
by The Center Square | Jul 19, 2021
by Casey Harper As more federal data show a major spike in inflation, another top federal official said the U.S. is in for more aggressive inflation for the rest of 2021. Federal officials have been pressed to speak on rising inflation after \data released...
by Star News Staff | Jul 19, 2021
Former Obama Administration’s Secretary for Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, announced on CNN’s “Out Front” that people who have chosen not get vaccinated should be limited in their movements, not be allowed to work and have limited or no access to...
by Star News Staff | Jul 19, 2021
by Matt Lamb Catherine Lhamon’s (right) work in President Barack Obama’s administration on Title IX issues may have won her praise from liberal groups and organizations representing alleged and confirmed victims of sexual assault, but it drew criticism from the...
by Star News Staff | Jul 19, 2021
by Jeremy Carl Late last month, Montana ended its participation in the extended federal unemployment benefits program. No surprise this event was little noted in the national press, since Montana’s decision to exit the program had a direct effect on fewer than...
by The Center Square | Jul 19, 2021
by Ted O’Neil Small business owners are continuing to have problems attracting new workers in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and are trying to entice them with new incentives, a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows. “Small businesses...
by Laura Baigert | Jul 19, 2021
Fulton County officials have failed to meet the extended response date they set for providing The Georgia Star News with complete chain of custody documents for absentee ballots deposited into drop boxes during the November 3, 2020, general election. More than...
by Bethany Bowman | Jul 19, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee For the past several years, one of my favorite Christmas carols has been “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem.” And though many country greats have recorded their version, the simplistic, yet flawlessly harmonized version by Dailey & Vincent...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 19, 2021
Robb Pitts, chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, sent a letter to Georgia House of Representative Speaker David Ralston claiming that all counties within the state should be investigated for potential fraud. “If you are requesting that...
by The Center Square | Jul 19, 2021
by. J.D. Davidson Ohio public schools, colleges and universities cannot require COVID-19 vaccines after Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill that originally was introduced to help military families. The Ohio Senate amended House Bill 244, which passed in late June...
by Matthew Hall | Jul 19, 2021
Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the 46th President will take a hop across the Potomac this upcoming Friday. According to an event page released by Governor McAuliffe’s campaign, President Joe Biden will be coming to Arlington,...
by Casey Owens | Jul 19, 2021
The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) reported a spike in the number of COVID cases for the week that ended July 15th, making it the second week in a row that the number of cases increased. The FDOH reported 45,604 new cases from July 9th to July 15th which...
by Hayley Feland | Jul 19, 2021
After the Star Tribune did a report regarding some destroyed records from the Minneapolis Police Department’s 2nd precinct, an investigation was opened regarding the circumstances surrounding the destruction. The officers involved got rid of files while...
by Star News Staff | Jul 19, 2021
by Anthony Gockowski A new study found that Minneapolis experienced the fifth-highest increase in homicides in the nation between 2019 to 2021. The overall rankings were based on both a city’s current homicide rate and the change in its number of homicides...
by Grant Holcomb | Jul 19, 2021
Attorney Ben Crump, based out of Tallahassee, Fla., and Rev. Al Sharpton announced they are taking up the case of Hunter Brittain, a white teenager killed by police last month in Arkansas. This is the first case that Crump has handled which involves an alleged...
by The Center Square | Jul 19, 2021
by Scott McClallen When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer budgeted $5 million of taxpayer money for the state’s vaccine lottery, she aimed to incentivize a nine percentage point rise in first COVID-19 injections. It doesn’t seem to be working. On July 7, the Senate...
by Casey Owens | Jul 19, 2021
The Lawton Chiles Endowment, created to fund health and education programs in Florida, is being dismantled after HB 5011 was signed by DeSantis in June and went into effect on July 1st. HB 5011 authorized the termination of the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund...
by The Center Square | Jul 19, 2021
by Jon Styf Tennessee has spent nearly $60 million over 15 years educating children who entered the state as unaccompanied minors, according to the state’s Fiscal Review Committee estimates. Krista Lee Carsner, executive director of the Tennessee General...
