by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 3, 2021
The trial officially commenced in Charlotte, Tennessee, Monday for Steven Wiggins who stands accused in the May 2018 shooting death of Dickson County Sergeant Daniel Baker. Wiggins has pleaded not guilty to all charges, foremost among them premeditated...
by Star News Staff | Aug 3, 2021
by Tyler Hummel A George Mason University law professor with naturally acquired immunity from COVID is fighting against his employer’s strict COVID vaccine mandate. Antonin Scalia Law School Professor Todd Zywicki, who recovered from a bout with COVID and has...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 3, 2021
The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association (MPPOA) called for a “response” and “potentially further action” from the City of Bloomington following comments made by Bloomington Human Rights Commissioner Anita Smithson. In a letter, the MPPOA called...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 3, 2021
A complaint filed by the nonprofit Michigan Freedom Fund (MFF) last week alleges that the state’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has taken illegal advantage of a campaign-finance loophole to raise unlawful amounts of cash. Individuals may contribute up to $7,150...
by Star News Staff | Aug 3, 2021
by Susan Crabtree Iowa Rep. Cindy Axne, one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents heading toward the 2022 midterm elections, spent an early July afternoon talking to constituents’ from the cool environs of an ice cream shop in her district when the...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 3, 2021
Five out of the six “newly reported” COVID deaths for Minnesota were actually from February. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) heralded Monday as having the highest number of newly reported deaths in the last two months. A tweet, from a person who...
by Eric Burk | Aug 3, 2021
RICHMOND, Virginia – Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Virginia) is calling for Attorney General Mark Herring to investigate alleged civil rights violations associated with Virginia’s skill games ban that took effect in July. “Last session, the General...
by The Center Square | Aug 3, 2021
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...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 3, 2021
Outgoing Ohio Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), reached across the aisle to cosponsor the Digital Equity Act of 2021, which was later passed and slipped into the more than 2700 page, $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill agreed upon by the U.S. Senate last week. U.S. Sen....
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 3, 2021
Florida’s cruise industry has been in the middle of legal battles and a resurgence in COVID cases in Florida, but the cruises have resumed for some cruise lines out of Florida. Royal Caribbean launched a test voyage, and four of the passengers, all of which are...
by The Center Square | Aug 3, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Ohio plans to spend more federal tax dollars to convince more people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced the state plans to pay $100 to each state employee for getting the vaccine. Their spouses would receive $25....
by The Center Square | Aug 3, 2021
by Ted Gruver Governors in wildfire country had a message for President Joe Biden and Congress on Friday: it’s time for the federal government to step in and manage its forests because their state resources are running on empty. In 2021, 83 large fires...
by The Center Square | Aug 3, 2021
by Bruce Walker Three members of Congress from Michigan are asking the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice to conduct a formal inquiry as to why the department dropped its investigation of nursing home deaths in the state. The DOJ announced July...
by Chris Butler | Aug 3, 2021
U.S. Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA-08), who serves on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, shared his worries about cheap produce imports, the impact of cheaper labor costs in Mexico, and how this affects Georgia farmers. Committee members held a hearing entitled,...
by Star News Staff | Aug 3, 2021
by Anthony Gockowski Minneapolis Public Schools explicitly lists critical race theory as a “framework” for its new ethnic studies graduation requirement. According to left-wing critics, critical race theory is strictly a legal theory developed 40 years ago and...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 3, 2021
Georgia Agriculture Secretary and candidate for U.S. Senate Gary Black launched a new ad on Monday and took aim at Herschel Walker, a potential primary opponent. In the nearly 30-second ad, Black mocks Walker for a recent video released by the former NFL...
by Casey Owens | Aug 3, 2021
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio criticized the media for causing “hysteria” among Americans over the new rise in COVID-19 cases that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said is the pandemic of the unvaccinated. According to CDC data, on...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 3, 2021
The siblings of U.S. Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ-04) slammed their brother in a recent opinion piece for his behavior, claiming their brother “betrayed America.” “Although his colleagues in Congress and others in the media seem to only...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 3, 2021
Numerous candidates are vying for a Congressional seat in South Florida left vacant by the late Congressman Alcee Hastings, but only one is putting millions of her own dollars into her campaign. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, CEO of Trinity Health Care Services in...
by Chris Butler | Aug 3, 2021
Tennessee Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) said Monday that it’s time for students to put their virtual learning behind and walk back into their classrooms — without a COVID-19 mask mandate. And Sexton also said he and other state legislators...
