by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, National, News, The Upper-Midwest
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said Friday he plans to hire more investigators and anticipates allowing more time for a probe into the 2020 presidential contest for Wisconsin’s 10 Electoral College votes, the Associated Press has reported....
by Chris Butler | Aug 1, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) this week voted for a seven-bill “minibus” that he said increases spending for several government social programs. The bill increases spending for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental...
by Star News Staff | Aug 1, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Auguste Meyrat With the rise of populist and bipartisan resentment against Big Tech monopolies along with the recent appointment of Big Tech opponent Lina Khan as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, government action against these companies seems...
by The Center Square | Aug 1, 2021 | News, Tennessee
by Jon Styf The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development awarded more than $108.5 million in FastTrack economic development grants between 51 businesses in the first half of 2021, according to a database from the department. The largest was a...
by Star News Staff | Aug 1, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Josh Hammer In the April issue of the conservative journal First Things, the esteemed natural law philosopher John Finnis wrote an essay titled “Abortion Is Unconstitutional.” Finnis’ basic argument was that the traditional conservative or originalist stance...
by Star News Staff | Aug 1, 2021 | National, News
by Eric Lendrum In a meeting at the White House with Democratic lawmakers, Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for the radical notion of including mass amnesty for illegal aliens in the proposed reconciliation bill, according to CNN. Biden met with 11 lawmakers –...
by Star News Staff | Aug 1, 2021 | National, News
by Eric Lendrum On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill allowing illegal aliens to work as House staffers, while also increasing the budget for staffing by 21 percent, as reported by the Washington Examiner. The bill, H.R. 4346, was introduced...
by The Center Square | Aug 1, 2021 | National, News
by Bethany Blankley The Texas border city of Laredo has sued the Biden administration, hoping to halt its policy of transferring several hundred people a day into the city who have illegally entered the U.S. through two Texas Border Patrol sectors: Rio Grande...
by Star News Staff | Aug 1, 2021 | National, News
by Eric Lendrum It has been determined that one of the studies used by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to justify the strict new mask mandates was not only rejected by peer review, but was also based on a vaccine that is currently not authorized for use...
by Star News Staff | Aug 1, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Mary Grabar The University of North Carolina’s decision on June 30 to offer tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones came about through a torrent of threats (often tweeted), profanities, doxxings, and assaults—tactics that have become increasingly commonplace among...
by Star News Staff | Aug 1, 2021 | National, News
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by Bethany Bowman | Aug 1, 2021 | Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music, National
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Hometown Hero is a program designed to help a musician(s) who went above and beyond during the pandemic to help others. Hometown Hero is open to all music genres from anywhere in the world. Anyone can nominate an artist they believe...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, SNEF-Journalism, The South, Virginia
After Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe launched an ad blasting his Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin for making election integrity a central focus of his campaign, Youngkin’s campaign has responded in kind. McAuliffe, who served as...
by The Center Square | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
by Nyamekye Daniel A Georgia nonprofit is among a coalition of more than 70 organizations calling on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee to restore proposed cuts to charter school funding. The committee voted to cut $40 million from the federal Charter...
by Chris Butler | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has announced that his office’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit has indicted eight individuals for 54 gang and human trafficking charges. A Dougherty County Grand Jury returned the indictment this week. This, according to...
by The Center Square | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
by Tyler Arnold In an effort to prevent a future tax hike on Virginia businesses, Gov. Ralph Northam proposed allocating $862 million in federal relief money to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, but a small business association is warning it might not be...
by Eric Burk | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
A special prosecutor, working with the Virginia State Police (VSP), found no evidence that Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney improperly benefited from the contract to remove Richmond’s monuments last summer. “The investigation did not reveal anything...
by The Center Square | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
by J.D. Davidson A Franklin County judge ruled Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has the power to stop extra federal unemployment payments, denying an attempt to restore the weekly $300 payments that he stopped in late June. Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Holbrook denied...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
The woman in Winston Smith’s car when he was killed is suing local authorities for “emotional trauma” and claims her civil rights were violated. Norhan Askar also has made mention of suing the U.S. Marshals service as well. Askar, Smith’s...
by Casey Owens | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Governor DeSantis praised Florida parents’ “freedom to choose” before signing an executive order (EO 21-175) Friday, stopping Florida schools from issuing mask mandates for students. The executive order cites HB 241, known as the...
by The Center Square | Aug 1, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed three bills dealing with the consequences of a 15-months backlog at the Secretary of State’s office extending the validation of state driver’s licenses and ID cards. “The pandemic was tough on all of us, and these...
