by Chris Butler | Aug 25, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
Members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) have referred their investigation of alleged shenanigans at the Spalding County Board of Elections to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. Spalding County officials allegedly showed gross incompetence in how...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 25, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
President Joe Biden (D) on Tuesday declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Tennessee, a move requested by Governor Bill Lee (R-TN). Due to the declaration, Biden now controls the ability to order federal aid to supplement state and local recovery...
by Rachel Alexander | Aug 25, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ-04) introduced the “Americans Not Aliens Act” Friday, which would prevent the Department of Homeland Security from issuing work permits to migrants with deportation orders. These are generally illegal immigrants who have received hearings...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Conrad Black It might seem that there is little to be added to what the whole world has witnessed viewing the unutterable shambles of the U.S. departure from Afghanistan. But that would be an illusion. The story of the perilous departure from Afghanistan of...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | National, News
by Kendall Tietz President Joe Biden encouraged private sector companies Monday to “step up” vaccine requirements for employees following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. “If you’re a business leader, a non-profit...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | National, News
by Kaylee Greenlee Airbnb, a vacation home rental site, is offering free temporary housing to around 20,000 Afghan refugees across the world, the company announced Tuesday. “As tens of thousands of Afghan refugees resettle around the world, where they stay will...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | National, News
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by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 25, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
Despite the fact that the school has encouraged all students to take the COVID-19 vaccine, and decided to follow the Georgia University System’s guidance on mask recommendations in indoor spaces, two professors at the University of North Georgia have...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | National, News
by Sabastian Hughes The former minister of interior affairs for Afghanistan was reportedly seen fleeing the country with refugees, Richard Engel, a chief foreign correspondent for NBC News, said Monday. “Some Afghan officials from fallen govt escaping with...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | National, News
by Ailan Evans CIA Director William J. Burns secretly met with the leader of the Taliban in Kabul on Monday, The Washington Post reported. Burns met with Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s de-facto leader, in the highest-level in-person meeting between the...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 25, 2021 | National, News, Tennessee, The Northeast, The South
Democrats in the Pennsylvania General Assembly hope to increase monthly welfare benefits in Pennsylvania, reasoning that payments under the federally funded Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program have stayed flat since the 1990s, falling well...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Roger Kemball In the “Nicomachean Ethics,” Aristotle has a lot to say about the activity of choice and its place in securing “eudaimonia,” that “good-spiritedness” that is synonymous with human fulfillment. Choice is critical in the metabolism of virtue....
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 25, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
An infamous anti-Trump Republican has endorsed a Democrat running for another high-profile office. In an interview with The Washington Post, Bill Kristol, editor-at-large of The Bulwark, said he will endorse Terry McAuliffe instead of Glenn Youngkin in...
by Chris Butler | Aug 25, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Metro Nashville Community Oversight Board (COB) Executive Director Jill Fitcheard makes more than $116,000 per year, according to public records, and that’s a generous pay increase over what she made as assistant executive director. The Tennessee Star filed a...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Edward Ring In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the landmark AB 32, the “Global Warming Solutions Act.” Determined to leave a legacy that would ensure he remained welcome among the glitterati of Hollywood and Manhattan, Schwarzenegger...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | National, News
by Jennie Taer The Biden administration has been an “impediment” to a private effort to get people out of Afghanistan, Robert Stryk, who is arranging privately chartered flights to get Americans and vulnerable Afghans out of the country, exclusively told the...
by Star News Staff | Aug 25, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Keri D. Ingraham According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, more than 680 U.S. public and private colleges require students to get a coronavirus vaccine. This is a non-negotiable mandate for students to maintain enrollment status. The vaccination edicts...
by Casey Owens | Aug 25, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, News, The South
Commissioners for the City of Orlando unanimously approved an incentive agreement between the city and Checkr Inc., a tech company based in San Francisco, that will create 630 new high-wage jobs by the end of 2024. Additionally, Checkr will receive just over...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 25, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
Former President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Robert O’Brien endorsed J.D. Vance in the highly-contested GOP primary to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate. In the endorsement released by Vance’s campaign, O’Brien called Vance...
by The Center Square | Aug 25, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
by J.D. Davidson Legalized recreational use of marijuana recently cleared a hurdle on its second attempt but several more have to be passed before it becomes law in Ohio. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost gave the go-ahead to the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana...
by Eric Burk | Aug 25, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
Virginia public schools are reopening under a new law, SB 1303, which requires all schools to make in-person instruction available for the minimum standard required instructional hours — virtual learning can be provided, but must be optional. However,...
