by Brian Ball | Sep 15, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio – An allegation of Ohio Republican Party’s leadership “railroading” reform-minded members of Ohio GOP’s State Central Committee during the organization’s fall meeting on Friday has caused two more members to...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 15, 2021
In an official press release Tuesday, Tennessee Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) announced that he and 100 Republican colleagues sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and IRS...
by Star News Staff | Sep 15, 2021
by Roger L. Simon I never thought I’d be writing about secession or anything close. Not in a million years. “America, the Beautiful” is my favorite national song, bringing tears to my eyes with its “sea to shining sea.” Giving up the magnificence that entails...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 15, 2021
On Monday, a jury was selected in the trial of Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson (D-Memphis) who was charged with stealing more than $600,000 in federal funds. According to AP News, a 12-person jury was chosen for the trial which could last three weeks....
by Star News Staff | Sep 15, 2021
by Ailan Evans Facebook is aware that Instagram, an image-sharing social media platform it owns, has harmful effects on the self-esteem of teen girls, according to leaked research seen by The Wall Street Journal. Internal research, documents and research...
by Star News Staff | Sep 15, 2021
– – – Photo “Governor Tom Wolf” by Governor Tom Wolf. CC BY 2.0. Background Photo “Voting booths in Cleveland Heights” by Tim Evanson. CC BY-SA 2.0. ...
by Star News Staff | Sep 15, 2021
by Harry Wilmerding Marijuana use among college students has surged while alcohol use dropped, according to a recent National Institute of Health and National Institute of Drug Abuse study. The “Monitoring the Future” study found that 44% of college students...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 15, 2021
In a Tuesday press release, former congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci blasted Gov. Mike DeWine (R) over what Renacci sees as a failure to stand up to the Biden administration and fight COVID-19 vaccine mandates. “We have seen...
by Star News Staff | Sep 15, 2021
by Andrew Kerr The New York Times quietly removed its assertion that the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop prior to the 2020 election was “unsubstantiated” from a story published Monday about a Federal Election Commission complaint related to...
by RealClearWire | Sep 15, 2021
by Steve Cortes Events this weekend showcased the intense bifurcation of America into two separate realities. As our country observed the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, former presidents gathered, sans Donald Trump, in New York for a solemn ceremony —...
by RealClearWire | Sep 15, 2021
by Bruno V. Manno Back to school stories this year will focus, naturally, on the Covid-19 pandemic’s toll on students and families and on remedying these difficulties. But another story is being shortchanged: it’s about how parents sought new options for their...
by Star News Staff | Sep 15, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky House Democrats will consider nearly $3 trillion in tax hikes over the next decade in an attempt to pay for their $3.5 trillion budget that includes most of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda and would overhaul the nation’s social safety...
by Star News Staff | Sep 15, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky House Democrats will consider nearly $3 trillion in tax hikes over the next decade in an attempt to pay for their $3.5 trillion budget that includes most of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda and would overhaul the nation’s social safety...
by Star News Staff | Sep 15, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky Senate Democrats are set to release their new, trimmed down voting bill, but despite unanimous support from their caucus it faces a steep climb to become law. The bill, titled the Freedom to Vote Act, is Democrats’ response to a series of...
by Chris Butler | Sep 15, 2021
A new documentary profiles examples of corporate welfare that shortchanged taxpayers and business owners, including in Memphis, where city officials bestowed a generous tax break upon IKEA. This documentary, Corporate Welfare: Where’s the Outrage?, debuted on...
by Chris Butler | Sep 15, 2021
U.S. Representative Jody Hice (R-GA-10) said members of the U.S. State Department fell short when the congressman and members of his staff urgently asked the agency to help remove Afghan allies who assisted the U.S. military. Hice said this in an emailed press...
by Rachel Alexander | Sep 15, 2021
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) adopted a resolution at their 89th annual meeting last month encouraging the implementation of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public schools. However, when asked how they felt about it by The Arizona Sun Times, most of...
by Zachery Schmidt | Sep 15, 2021
Arizona became the first state in the nation to sue the Biden administration over its federal vaccine mandate, according to Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s press release. “The federal government cannot force people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Biden...
by Grant Holcomb | Sep 15, 2021
Florida Senate President Sen. Wilton Simpson (R-FL-10) has removed Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Lauren Book (D-FL-32) from her post as chair of Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Committee. Simpson said the move was because of her dual leadership...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 15, 2021
In defiance of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for group gatherings, Georgia faculty and students have coordinated weeklong protests of the University System of Georgia. The students are gathering to demand that the university system...
by Eric Burk | Sep 15, 2021
How to encourage more Virginians to get the COVID-19 vaccine is the latest battleground in the gubernatorial race. On Monday, Terry McAuliffe announced his “Virginia is for vaccine lovers” plan with a push for school divisions to require the vaccine...
