by Casey Owens | Aug 28, 2021
The state of Florida has recovered more than 950,000 jobs that were lost due to the pandemic, according to chief economist and director of research for the Florida Chamber of Commerce (FCC), Dr. Jerry Parrish. In an online presentation titled “Florida By...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 28, 2021
Minnesota is launching a program to help students struggling to meet educational standards after a year of “education disruption” due to COVID. The program is called Collaborative Minnesota Partnerships to Advance Student Success (COMPASS) and will be providing...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 28, 2021
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D), the official tasked with investigating the Flint water crisis, made a joke about porta potty toilets when challenged on her prosecution case of the Flint water scandal. The joke, which seemingly downplays the...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 28, 2021
Wilson County Schools will be closed for an entire week, due to a rise in positive coronavirus cases throughout the school district. The school district said the closure, which is an attempt to slow the spread of the virus throughout all schools, will end on...
by Star News Staff | Aug 28, 2021
by W.J. Kennedy As part of a state-by-state review of the 2020 General Election results, the non-profit Voter Reference Foundation (VRF) has discovered 41,503 discrepancies between the Pennsylvania voters officially recorded as having cast ballots and the total...
by Eric Burk | Aug 28, 2021
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe failed to sign paperwork to declare his candidacy; the GOP is using the issue to try to disqualify McAuliffe. That outcome is possible but unlikely, according to former Virginia Democratic Chairman Paul...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 28, 2021
A lengthy Facebook post from an Ohio nurse who is set to be fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine has nearly half a million shares, and more than 220,000 comments. “I’m an RN of 10 years and I am being fired December 1. I’m not political. I don’t watch...
by Star News Staff | Aug 28, 2021
by Anthony Gockowski The Minnesota State Fair has asked a conservative group to remove a “disrespectful” caricature of Gov. Tim Walz from its booth. Action 4 Liberty President Jake Duesenberg told Alpha News that he was asked to remove the display by the end of...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 28, 2021
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) announced this week plans to expand her $300-million Michigan Mainstreet Initiative, outlining further business subsidization with taxpayer money from federal COVID-relief legislation. Originally unveiled in June, Whitmer’s...
by Rachel Alexander | Aug 28, 2021
Following an investigation of the Maricopa County Supervisors refusing to comply with an election audit from the Arizona Senate, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich determined that the supervisors violated the law and intend to tell the Arizona treasurer to...
by Hayley Feland | Aug 28, 2021
Demonstrators at the Minnesota capitol erected teepees and reportedly burned a ceremonial fire during a Stop Line 3 protest. Protesters had been occupying capitol grounds until Friday evening, despite their event permit being up Thursday evening at 10:00 p.m....
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 28, 2021
Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper has ruled Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order related to a mask mandate ban is unlawful and cannot be enforced, saying it does not “pass constitutional muster.” Cooper sided with the parents challenging the...
by Chris Butler | Aug 28, 2021
Several members of Georgia’s congressional delegation have commented on this week’s terror in Afghanistan, and many of them criticized U.S. President Joe Biden for what they described as a weak response. Twelve U.S. Marines died in explosions in Afghanistan,...
by Chris Butler | Aug 28, 2021
Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian this week announced the Atlanta-based company will force employees who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 to wear masks, to test for the virus, and to possibly sacrifice part of their compensation packages. But how will Delta...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 28, 2021
After the Department of Defense granted approval for two more Virginia military facilities to process Afghan refugees, half of the total number of refugee resettlement facilities in the United States will be located in the Commonwealth. “The Department of...
by Eric Burk | Aug 28, 2021
Virginia’s 2020-2021 standards of learning (SOL) pass rates are low: 69.34 percent for reading, 54.18 percent for mathematics, and 59.45 percent for science, according to Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) data released Thursday. The VDOE emphasizes...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 28, 2021
Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees is leaving his post at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH). Rivkees has been with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration since 2019 and led the FDOH since the COVID pandemic began in Florida in March 2020. “We thank Dr....
by Cooper Moran | Aug 28, 2021
Ryan Knauss, an East Tennessean and graduate of Gibbs High School, was one of the 13 American service members that were killed in a deadly terrorist attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. According to the stepmother of Knauss, he enrolled in the military shortly after...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 27, 2021
U.S. Representative Ralph Norman (R-SC-05) and Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD-01) on Friday introduced an article of impeachment aimed at Secretary of State Antony Blinken. If approved, the measure would force Blinken out of office, due to “high crimes and...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 27, 2021
On Thursday, several Kent County commissioners and a packed room of parents expressed outrage over Health Officer Adam London’s mandate that school children wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. London, who issued the requirement mere days before...
by Cooper Moran | Aug 27, 2021
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) on Thursday announced that he will create the first-ever bipartisan House Select Committee on redistricting, as state legislators prepare to draw new legislative districts. The committee, which will be...
