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As Debate Rages over Masking Children, Experts Downplay Efficacy of Cloth Masks

As Debate Rages over Masking Children, Experts Downplay Efficacy of Cloth Masks

by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021


‘Voters Not Politicians,’ Which Rebuked Michigan Redistricting Commission for Hiring Republican Firm, Has Its Own Partisan Ties

‘Voters Not Politicians,’ Which Rebuked Michigan Redistricting Commission for Hiring Republican Firm, Has Its Own Partisan Ties

by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
State Expects Chattanooga Migrant Children Shelter’s License to Be Suspended into Fall

State Expects Chattanooga Migrant Children Shelter’s License to Be Suspended into Fall

by The Center Square | Aug 14, 2021

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...
Commentary: Inflation Hits 5.3 Percent in July as $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Easily Passes with $3.5 Trillion Stimulus Expected in September

Commentary: Inflation Hits 5.3 Percent in July as $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Easily Passes with $3.5 Trillion Stimulus Expected in September

by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021

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...
American Academy of Pediatrics Claims Masks Have No Negative Effects on Children

American Academy of Pediatrics Claims Masks Have No Negative Effects on Children

by Cooper Moran | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
Supreme Court Denies Request for Injunction in IU Vaccine Mandate Case

Supreme Court Denies Request for Injunction in IU Vaccine Mandate Case

by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021

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...
Report: Biden’s 90-Day COVID Origins Probe Expected to Be A Dud

Report: Biden’s 90-Day COVID Origins Probe Expected to Be A Dud

by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021

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...
Eleven Senate Democrats Vote Against COVID Tests for Illegal Immigrants at the Southern Border

Eleven Senate Democrats Vote Against COVID Tests for Illegal Immigrants at the Southern Border

by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021

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...
Commentary: As Race ‘Equity’ Advances in Health Care, Signs of a Chilling Effect on Dissent

Commentary: As Race ‘Equity’ Advances in Health Care, Signs of a Chilling Effect on Dissent

by RealClearWire | Aug 14, 2021

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...
Rising Inflation Could Mean Largest Social Security Increase Since 1983

Rising Inflation Could Mean Largest Social Security Increase Since 1983

by The Center Square | Aug 14, 2021

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...
Anderson County Commissioners Could Request Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Help on Sports Field with Potentially Hazardous Material

Anderson County Commissioners Could Request Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Help on Sports Field with Potentially Hazardous Material

by Chris Butler | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
Professor Calls America Failed Experiment: ‘Only for White People … Didn’t Work for Black People’

Professor Calls America Failed Experiment: ‘Only for White People … Didn’t Work for Black People’

by Star News Staff | Aug 14, 2021

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...
Former President Trump Endorses Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin Swing District

Former President Trump Endorses Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin Swing District

by Cooper Moran | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
Governor DeSantis Supports Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for High-Risk COVID Patients

Governor DeSantis Supports Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for High-Risk COVID Patients

by Casey Owens | Aug 14, 2021

  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,...
Minnesota’s Clean Energy Sector Recovering from Pandemic

Minnesota’s Clean Energy Sector Recovering from Pandemic

by The Center Square | Aug 14, 2021

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...
Release of Census Numbers Starts Florida’s Redistricting Process

Release of Census Numbers Starts Florida’s Redistricting Process

by Grant Holcomb | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Calls on Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas to Resign Following Explosive Leaked Comments

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Calls on Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas to Resign Following Explosive Leaked Comments

by Cooper Moran | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
Ohio Attorney General Yost Hunts for Ex-PUCO Chairman’s Assets to Preserve Potential Civil Judgments

Ohio Attorney General Yost Hunts for Ex-PUCO Chairman’s Assets to Preserve Potential Civil Judgments

by Brian Ball | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
Arizona Republican State Legislators Ask Governor to Take Action Regarding School Districts Violating Law on Mask Mandates

Arizona Republican State Legislators Ask Governor to Take Action Regarding School Districts Violating Law on Mask Mandates

by Rachel Alexander | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
Virginia Tourism Corporation Awards Grants to 64 Local Tourism Initiatives

Virginia Tourism Corporation Awards Grants to 64 Local Tourism Initiatives

by Eric Burk | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
Voters in Georgia’s Ninth U.S. Congressional District Worry Most About the US-Mexico Border, Telephone Poll Reveals

Voters in Georgia’s Ninth U.S. Congressional District Worry Most About the US-Mexico Border, Telephone Poll Reveals

by Chris Butler | Aug 14, 2021

  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...
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