by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021 | National, News
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 14, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
The nonprofit Voters Not Politicians (VNP) has stridently criticized the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC) for hiring a GOP-aligned law firm, but VNP’s own leftist agenda and political ties are getting little media attention. The...
by The Center Square | Aug 14, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
by Jon Styf A closed shelter in Chattanooga again was the focus Thursday for much of the Tennessee Legislature’s Study Committee on Refugee Issues meeting. Tennessee Department of Children’s Services Commissioner Jennifer Nichols said the home, run by the...
by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Robert Romano The unadjusted consumer price index as measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was 5.28 percent for the month of July, slightly lower than June at 5.32 percent, but still measuring the highest inflation on record since July 2008, when it hit...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 14, 2021 | National, News
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Thursday argued in a series of tweets that masking in schools seemingly has no negative effects on children. The medical organization dismissed parental concern over the issue as nonexistent, pledging to provide...
by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021 | National, News
by Margaret Menge Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday denied the request for an emergency injunction to stop Indiana University’s vaccination mandate from going into effect. Her decision, however, does not mark the end of the road for the eight IU...
by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021 | National, News
by Andrew Kerr The intelligence community is unlikely to come to any definitive conclusions on the origins of COVID-19 as a result of its 90-day probe ordered by President Joe Biden in May, according to multiple reports. The report is likely to show that...
by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021 | National, News
by Debra Heine Eleven Senate Democrats on Thursday voted against a modest and commonsense amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution that requires illegal migrants apprehended on the southern border to be tested for COVID-19 before they are transported into the...
by RealClearWire | Aug 14, 2021 | Commentary, News
by John Murawski The national movement to eradicate what activists call systemic racism and white privilege from medicine and health care has few public critics in the medical profession. A possible reason: Skeptics who have questioned these efforts have been...
by The Center Square | Aug 14, 2021 | National, News
by Casey Harper Rising inflation and the price increases that come with it may lead to the highest raise for senior citizens in decades. The Senior Citizens League predicted Thursday that the annual cost-of-living adjustment for 2022 Social Security payments...
by Chris Butler | Aug 14, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Anderson County Commissioners are scheduled to meet Monday to decide whether to contact the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) about potentially radioactive coal ash waste, reportedly in a children’s playing area. Commissioners will...
by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021 | National, News
by Jackson Walker A Bryn Mawr College professor argues that America is “only for white people.” Speaking on the “Refuse Facism” podcast, Chanelle Wilson, assistant professor of education and director of Africana Studies at the women’s liberal arts college, said...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 14, 2021 | National, News
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed candidate Derrick Van Orden in an important Wisconsin swing district, representing the 3rd Congressional District of the state. In a statement announcing the endorsement, Trump highlighted Van Orden’s...
by Casey Owens | Aug 14, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Governor DeSantis expressed his support for Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment Thursday, as COVID cases and the number of hospitalizations continue to surge in Florida. According to DeSantis, “These treatments have been proven successful,...
by The Center Square | Aug 14, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
by Scott McClallen The COVID-19 pandemic hit the Midwest clean energy job market hard, with more than 17,000 workers at one point filing for unemployment. But the industry appears to be rebounding, according to an analysis of employment data released by the...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 14, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
With Florida’s gubernatorial race only a few months in, the political rhetoric is increasing and pressure is mounting on Republican and Democratic sides of the aisle. For the Democrats, they will be attempting to unseat current Gov. Ron DeSantis and current...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 14, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Friday called on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign after reports of leaked comments made by the top security official. In the comments obtained by Fox News, Mayorkas said, “A couple of...
by Brian Ball | Aug 14, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost plans to hunt down assets of former Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo as part of a civil racketeering case tied to the ongoing FirstEnergy Corp. public corruption case. Franklin...
by Rachel Alexander | Aug 14, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
Twenty-six Republican members of the Arizona Legislature signed a letter drafted by Rep. Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) asking Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to take four steps of action in regard to several school districts that appear to be violating state law by...
by Eric Burk | Aug 14, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
The Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) has awarded $861,080 in state funds to 64 Virginia local tourism initiatives through its Recovery Marketing Leverage Program (RMLP). The funds combine with local match funds of $2.2 million, helping recipients leverage...
by Chris Butler | Aug 14, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
A plurality of people who participated in a recent Telephone Town Hall with U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA-09) said they worry most about what’s taking place at the U.S.-Mexico border. Clyde told his constituents in an emailed newsletter this week that more than...
