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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos Expands Election Probe

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos Expands Election Probe

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....
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen Announces More Taxpayer-Funded Goodies for Memphis

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen Announces More Taxpayer-Funded Goodies for Memphis

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...
Commentary: Break Up Big Tech Before It’s Too Late

Commentary: Break Up Big Tech Before It’s Too Late

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...
Tennessee Doles Out $108.5 Million in Economic Development Grants in First Half of 2021

Tennessee Doles Out $108.5 Million in Economic Development Grants in First Half of 2021

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...
Commentary: The Case for the Unconstitutionality of Abortion

Commentary: The Case for the Unconstitutionality of Abortion

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...
Biden to Push for Amnesty in Reconciliation Package

Biden to Push for Amnesty in Reconciliation Package

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 –...
House of Representatives Passes Bill to Allow Illegal Aliens to Work as Staffers

House of Representatives Passes Bill to Allow Illegal Aliens to Work as Staffers

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...
Texas Border City Sues Biden Administration over Illegal Immigration

Texas Border City Sues Biden Administration over Illegal Immigration

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...
Study Used by CDC to Support New Mask Mandates Based on a Non-American Vaccine, Rejected by Peer Review

Study Used by CDC to Support New Mask Mandates Based on a Non-American Vaccine, Rejected by Peer Review

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...
Commentary: Historians Selling Out for Leftist Star, Nikole Hannah-Jones

Commentary: Historians Selling Out for Leftist Star, Nikole Hannah-Jones

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...
Biden DOJ Sues Texas over Executive Order Banning Transportation of Sick Illegal Aliens

Biden DOJ Sues Texas over Executive Order Banning Transportation of Sick Illegal Aliens

by Star News Staff | Aug 1, 2021 | National, News

   – – – John Solomon is editor of Just The News.
Exclusive: Innovo Management Presents ‘Hometown Hero’ Contest

Exclusive: Innovo Management Presents ‘Hometown Hero’ Contest

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...
Youngkin Campaign Slams McAuliffe for Questioning Results of 2000 Election

Youngkin Campaign Slams McAuliffe for Questioning Results of 2000 Election

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...
Georgia Nonprofit Joins Groups Calling on Congress to Restore Cuts to Charter School Funding

Georgia Nonprofit Joins Groups Calling on Congress to Restore Cuts to Charter School Funding

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...
Georgia Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit Indicts Eight Members of Bloods for Human Trafficking Charges

Georgia Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit Indicts Eight Members of Bloods for Human Trafficking Charges

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...
Virginia Businesses Want More Unemployment Insurance Funding to Avoid Tax Hike

Virginia Businesses Want More Unemployment Insurance Funding to Avoid Tax Hike

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...
Virginia Prosecutor: No Improper Benefit for Stoney in Richmond Monument Removal Contract

Virginia Prosecutor: No Improper Benefit for Stoney in Richmond Monument Removal Contract

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...
Judge: Extra Unemployment Benefits Not Restored in Ohio

Judge: Extra Unemployment Benefits Not Restored in Ohio

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...
Minnesota Woman in Vehicle When Winston Smith Was Killed Suing Local Authorities

Minnesota Woman in Vehicle When Winston Smith Was Killed Suing Local Authorities

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...
Governor DeSantis Signs Executive Order Banning Mask Mandates in Florida Schools

Governor DeSantis Signs Executive Order Banning Mask Mandates in Florida Schools

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...
Michigan Gov. Whitmer Signs Driver’s License Extensions into Law

Michigan Gov. Whitmer Signs Driver’s License Extensions into Law

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...
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