by Star News Staff | Aug 2, 2021
by Annie Holmquist If you’re tired of the pandemic and just want to go back to normal, David Frum at The Atlantic has news for you: It’s all the stupid people who refuse to take the vaccine that are prolonging our COVID misery. Oh, wait, that’s not it exactly....
by The Center Square | Aug 2, 2021
by Tyler Arnold More than 800 businesses and business associations are jointly urging the Virginia General Assembly to approve a budget item for $291 million in relief to the travel and hospitality industries, which was proposed by Gov. Ralph Northam. Northam’s...
by The Center Square | Aug 2, 2021
by Nyamekye Daniel Georgia is still deciding how to divide more than $8.1 billion from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which was signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. Applications for more than $4.8 billion in funding opens up Sunday. State...
by Casey Owens | Aug 2, 2021
Toll rates for the Garcon Point Bridge in Milton, Florida, will be lowered after Governor DeSantis directed the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to reduce the rates to match FDOT facilities across the state. For drivers with SunPass, the rate will be...
by Chris Butler | Aug 2, 2021
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA-01) has introduced the Empowering Law Enforcement Act to provide backup to federal immigration enforcement officials. “I’ve visited the border four times as a member of Congress, including twice this year, to fully understand...
by The Center Square | Aug 2, 2021
by Scott McClallen The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is paying Rané Garcia $130,801 per year for a new position to lead the agency’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative. MDE reported Garcia’s salary in response to a Freedom of...
by Eric Burk | Aug 2, 2021
Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia) expects the $1.2 trillion “hard” infrastructure bill to pass the Senate with bipartisan support, according to a press call Warner had after 17 Senate Republicans joined Democrats in a procedural vote moving the bill...
by The Center Square | Aug 2, 2021
by Scott McClallen Local governments are spending more taxpayer money on lobbying year-over-year, according to a report released Thursday by State Auditor Julie Blaha. “Over the past five years, local government expenditures have increased by 11 percent on...
by Steve Stewart | Aug 2, 2021
A federal moratorium on evictions ended on Saturday night, giving landlords the ability to remove tenants who have not paid their rent. In Florida, a Zillow forecast estimates that there are currently 144,220 households that rent their homes or apartments and...
by Laura Baigert | Aug 2, 2021
LOUDON, Tennessee – Andy Ogles, the outspoken mayor of Maury County, told a group of at least 300 attendees at a Tellico Village Conservative Club meeting Wednesday that while Tennessee is one of the most conservative states in the country it is also “a state...