by Grant Holcomb | Aug 31, 2021
Florida Crystals’ Okeelanta Corp., U.S. Sugar, and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative filed separate lawsuits and are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over proposed reservoir water levels. The sugar companies say the proposed levels will be too low to...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2021
by Scott McClallen Statewide assessment results for 2021 show declines in the number of students meeting or exceeding grade-level standards compared to 2019 after a year of virtual learning and disruptions from COVID-19. In math, 44% of students in grades three...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 31, 2021
An informal meeting of the Genesee County, Michigan Board of Commissioners on Monday saw residents turn out heavily against a school-mask mandate for students in grades K-6. County Medical Health Officer Pamela Hackert told attendees she imposed the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 31, 2021
A school board in Virginia has been ordered to pay the legal fees, totaling more than a million dollars, to a transgender former student after a years-long battle. The Gloucester County School Board has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which...
by Brian Ball | Aug 31, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Ballot Board has approved an initiative petition drive seeking to legalize marijuana for adults 21 years old and older, clearing the way for supporters to collect signatures for presentation to the Ohio General Assembly later...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 31, 2021
Florida COVID hospitalizations have decreased for a fourth day in a row, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data. The data shows Florida’s hospitals are taking care of 15,778 COVID patients which accounts for only 27.5 percent of all...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Two Ohio lawmakers want to close a loophole in state law that allows teachers who are under investigation for misconduct to retire and school districts to not file a report with the Ohio Department of Education. The legislation, filed this week...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2021
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s state superintendent is taking a swipe at parents who don’t want their kids to be forced to mask-up this school year. Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly on Wednesday wrote an op-ed that dismisses parents who are...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2021
by Scott McClallen A man upset over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 policies plead guilty to one count of a kidnapping conspiracy and accepted a plea deal to serve six years and three months in prison. Ty Garbin, 25, is the only known member of the Michigan...
by Julie Carr | Aug 31, 2021
Stephen K. Bannon welcomed Michael Patrick Leahy on Monday’s War Room: Pandemic to discuss the 43,000 absentee ballots that violated the chain of custody rule in Georgia and questioned the Secretary of States’ position on the certification of the...
by Laura Baigert | Aug 30, 2021
43,907 of the 61,731 absentee ballots deposited in drop boxes in the November 2020 presidential election in DeKalb County, Georgia–72 percent–were counted in official tallies certified by the county and the state, despite violating chain of custody...
by Laura Baigert | Aug 30, 2021
An analysis by The Georgia Star News of DeKalb County’s absentee ballot drop box transfer forms from the November 2020 election identified a number of problems that puts the documents out of compliance with the Georgia Board of Election Emergency Rule...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
by Anthony Gockowski Rep. Ilhan Omar has joined a group of Democrats in urging President Joe Biden to increase the refugee admissions cap to 200,000 for the next fiscal year to meet the “massive humanitarian need” in Afghanistan. With the Taliban now in control...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
by Jon Miltimore The ACLU on Tuesday announced it is bringing a lawsuit against South Carolina over its mask policy. The Palmetto State is one of seven states—along with Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah, and Florida— that have policies in place banning...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
by Debra Heine In the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Kabul that killed 13 American service members and at least 170 Afghans, Rep. Mike Waltz (R- Fla.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have called on Joe Biden to formally recognize former officials in...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
by Newt Gingrich As I’ve watched the events of the past few weeks – and thought about the nature of Joe Biden’s young presidency – I began to ask myself: How much more of this can we take? In just seven months, President Biden has overseen a remarkable number...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
by Andrew Kerr An “element” of the U.S. intelligence community believes COVID-19 entered the human population due to a lab accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to a declassified summary of its 90-day review of the pandemic’s origins released...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
by Katelynn Richardson The New School’s mascot, a Narwhal named Gnarls, got a gender-neutral redesign for the Fall 2021 semester, the university reports. Gnarls backstory includes an “unconventional” upbringing due to “distressing levels of ice loss” that...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
by Harry Wilmerding Authorities on Thursday announced they plan to shut down a federal jail in New York City where alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019. Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
by Eric Lendrum Seven Capitol Police officers filed a lawsuit on Thursday against President Donald Trump, claiming with no evidence that the president conspired with right-wing activists to organize the peaceful protests that took place at the Capitol on...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2021
– – – Photo “Masked protesters” by Ben Tavener. CC BY 2.0.
