by Cooper Moran | Sep 17, 2021
Former President Donald Trump sent a letter on Friday to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, asking the top election official to investigate potential threats to the state’s election integrity. In the letter to Raffensperger, Trump cited a...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
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by Chris Butler | Sep 17, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Hundreds of Tennesseans said their displeasure with COVID-19 mandates has intensified and it’s time for Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) to relent and allow a special legislative session so the state can fight back. Those...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
by Victor Davis Hanson The scientific method used to govern much of popular American thinking. In empirical fashion scientists advised us to examine evidence and data, and then by induction come to rational hypotheses. The enemies of “science” were politics,...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 17, 2021
Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) on Wednesday in introducing the Keep Children and Families Safe From Lead Hazards Act. The bill which would direct the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims increased to 332,000 last week as the economy continues to slowly recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The Bureau of Labor Statistics figure released Thursday represents an increase in...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
by Mary Margaret Olohan Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley called on Google Wednesday to explain its recent censorship of pro-life ads. In a letter addressed to Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai, Hawley called on Google to explain why ads placed by...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
by Ben Boychuk In the end, it wasn’t really even close. California Governor Gavin Newsom easily survived his recall election on Tuesday, with voters rejecting his ouster by nearly two-to-one. The results won’t be official until next month, but as of now, the...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
by Kendall Tietz Columbia University’s official Instagram account promoted a post on its story calling on students to get involved in a school program where they can “critically engage with whiteness.” The university’s Office of Multicultural Affairs first...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that Democrats should take an even more aggressive approach in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, pointing to his recent recall election win as evidence that such a strategy was popular. “We need to...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
by Ailan Evans Employers and business organizations are voicing their opposition to the vaccine mandate announced last week by President Joe Biden. Biden ordered the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to requite companies with more than 100...
by Bethany Bowman | Sep 17, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Featuring eight new recordings and six classics performed by some of the top names in music, Country Faith Bluegrass is released today on Billy Blue Records. Dove Award-winning producer and co-founder of Billy Blue Records Jerry...
by Star News Staff | Sep 17, 2021
by Thomas Catenacci The House Committee on Energy and Commerce rejected a key drug pricing control bill in a stunning rebuke of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership. Democratic Reps. Kurt Schrader, Scott Peters and Kathleen Rice voted alongside...
by Rachel Alexander | Sep 17, 2021
The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to accept an appeal from Arizona Attorney Mark Brnovich in his lawsuit against Arizona State University and the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) challenging a deal they made with hotel developers letting them use school...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 17, 2021
John Pence, a former senior advisor to the Trump-Pence 2020 Campaign, was named chief executive officer of Ace Specialties. The organization, which managed President Trump’s campaign merchandise operations, explained the move as an expansion of their...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 17, 2021
Republican Glenn Youngkin’s gubernatorial campaign has responded to his Democrat opponent’s apparent change of heart about current Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D). Terry McAuliffe, the former head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) who is...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 17, 2021
According to a news release from Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) office, she along with Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) introduced legislation to expand funding opportunities for Hickman, Humphreys, and Perry counties by adding them to the Appalachian...
by Chris Butler | Sep 17, 2021
Members of U.S. President Joe Biden’s Justice Department will investigate how Georgia’s state government confines its prisoners, particularly those who are gay or transgender. This, according to a press release that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle...
by The Center Square | Sep 17, 2021
by Bethany Blankley Hurricane Ida has already caused oil supply losses of 30 million barrels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports, resulting in the first decline in global oil supply in five months. Hurricane Ida shut in 1.7 million barrels per day of...
by The Center Square | Sep 17, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he wants to impose a new mask mandate but feared a fight with the General Assembly after legislation that limited his authority to enact public health orders became law. DeWine spoke Tuesday about the growing number...
