by Hayley Feland | Sep 24, 2021
Two Afghan refugees staying at Fort McCoy have been charged in separate incidents involving sexual assault of a minor and abuse. A grand jury charged Afghan refugees Bahrullah Noori and Mohammad Haroon Imaad on Thursday. Noori, 20, was charged with three counts...
by The Center Square | Sep 24, 2021
by Samuel Stebbins In much of the country, public pension funding has been one of the most persistent public policy problems. For years, many state governments have failed to make necessary investments in their retirement system, resulting in funding gaps that...
by Eric Burk | Sep 24, 2021
The Virginia Redistricting Commission is scrambling to find more time to finalize General Assembly draft maps ahead of a series of public hearings on October 4-7. On Monday, the commission saw separate sets of draft maps proposed by the two partisan map-drawing...
by Rachel Alexander | Sep 24, 2021
The investigative media organization Project Veritas released video secretly recorded by a Phoenix hospital worker of her co-workers discussing how there is a cover-up going on hiding the adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. Jodi O’Malley, who works as a...
by Eric Burk | Sep 24, 2021
The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) is calling for a pressure campaign on the members of the Petersburg City Council after the council approved a gun ban on city property similar to bans enacted in other localities. “Petersburg slipped through...
by Star News Staff | Sep 24, 2021
by Cooper Moran | Sep 24, 2021
Former GOP congressman Jim Renacci, who is challenging Governor Mike DeWine in 2022, on Thursday slammed a new vaccine initiative announced by DeWine, dubbed “Ohio Vax-to-School.” The new program will award dozens of scholarships ranging from...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 24, 2021
Some Middle Tennessee students gathered together Wednesday and began their morning in prayer. Students who came together were participating in this year’s “See You At The Pole” (SYATP) Day where students unite in prayer near the flagpoles at their...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 24, 2021
Sumner County School Board passed resolutions regarding COVID-19 in its district. The resolution will now go to state lawmakers asking them not to require a waiver to have 180 school days if the school district has to shut down over coronavirus cases and dip...
by Casey Owens | Sep 24, 2021
Florida House Representative Webster Barnaby (R-Deltona) filed an abortion bill (HB 167) Wednesday titled the “Florida Heartbeat Act.” Like a bill recently passed in Texas, the proposal would ban most abortions and allow lawsuits against doctors...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 24, 2021
The brother of Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman is in critical condition following a stabbing incident in Minneapolis. In a Facebook post, Osman said that his brother is currently in the ICU. Osman said, “Yesterday afternoon my brother Liban was...
by Grant Holcomb | Sep 24, 2021
Judge Monica Brasington of the 8th Judicial Circuit Court has issued a temporary injunction against the city of Gainesville’s COVID vaccine mandate. The decision indicates a slight, early victory for employees who are seeking to not receive the vaccine....
by The Center Square | Sep 24, 2021
by Scott McClallen Michigan’s $70 billion budget for fiscal year 2022 increases government spending by 11.5% from last year’s $62.8 billion budget. The increased spending includes one-time funds from federal stimulus packages, raising concerns Michigan can’t...
by Eric Burk | Sep 24, 2021
As testimony in an ongoing review of Dominion Energy, a State Corporation Commission (SCC) staff report recommends a $312.4 million refund to the utility’s Virginia customers after finding that the utility’s earnings exceeded a regulatory threshold...
by The Center Square | Sep 24, 2021
by J.D. Davidson School districts, teachers unions, student groups and parents lined up at the Ohio House to testify against two bills that would stop schools from teaching what sponsors called “divisive concepts” in the classroom. The House State and Local...
by Grant Holcomb | Sep 24, 2021
Earlier this month, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) affirmed its support for teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public K-12 schools. The conference adopted Resolution 68 entitled “In Support of Critical Race Theory in Public K-12 Education.” The...
by Star News Staff | Sep 24, 2021
by Shawn Parker The Columbus Dispatch published a number of Letters to the Editor Thursday that were referencing the cost of crackers at the local grocery store in response to the question of the week “is capitalism or socialism responsible for a box of...
by Chris Butler | Sep 24, 2021
Staff for U.S. Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA-01) said Thursday he will not run for the U.S. Senate to replace incumbent U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA). Carter will instead support Herschel Walker, a Republican, to run against and then replace Warnock....
by Bradley Vasoli | Sep 24, 2021
Bipartisan enthusiasm for election-reform legislation appeared solid at a Pennsylvania Senate State Government Committee hearing on Thursday, save for one part: video live-streaming of mail-in-ballot counting. Elements of the bill, sponsored by State Sen. David...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 24, 2021
A new poll conducted by the Trafalgar Group shows Republican James Craig leading Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer in a potential general election contest. The survey, released on Tuesday, demonstrated the former Detroit police chief leading Whitmer 50...
by Julie Carr | Sep 24, 2021
On Thursday, Tennessee State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) cleared up some of the confusion caused by Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey’s reported quote one day earlier that Tennesseans who are vaccinated will no...
