by Star News Staff | Sep 30, 2021
by Andrew Trunsky A short-term funding bill is set to land on President Joe Biden’s desk after it was overwhelmingly approved in the House Thursday afternoon. The continuing resolution, which funds the federal government through Dec. 3, passed the House on a...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 30, 2021
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), running for his second non-consecutive term as Virginia’s most senior elected official, has become the subject of criticism after remarks from a Tuesday night debate. During the debate, McAuliffe claimed he...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 30, 2021
The city of Hendersonville Board of Mayor & Aldermen decided to postpone the first reading on Ordinance 2021-29 which would create a “Do Not Solicit Registry” for Hendersonville. At the beginning of the meeting on Tuesday, Alderman Pat Campbell (Ward 2)...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 30, 2021
A Tennessee man who contracted COVID-19 recently participated in a study by the National Institute of Health (NIH) that seeks to identify and repurpose approved drugs to be used as therapeutics for the virus. Brent Hendrickson is has now mostly recovered from...
by Chris Butler | Sep 30, 2021
Members of the Special Bombing Review Commission on Tuesday discussed rumors that the man accused of setting off a bomb on Second Avenue North on Christmas morning last year originally might have targeted Nashville’s Hermitage Hotel. That man, Anthony Quinn...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 30, 2021
Tennessee Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced Tuesday that they have introduced legislation to codify the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative along with a few of their Republican colleagues. Along with...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 30, 2021
Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac this week responded to criticism he received in Rolling Stone for his personal decision not to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The article, called “The NBA’s Anti-Vaxxers Are Trying to Push Around the League — And It’s...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 30, 2021
A White Bear Lake middle school will no longer be giving any students an ‘F’ in class. In a video from Sunrise Park Middle School Principal Christina Pierre and Associate Principal Norman Bell, they explained how they will automatically be giving students 50%...
by The Center Square | Sep 30, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Two more lawsuits have been filed with the Ohio Supreme Court challenging Republican drawn legislative district maps, claiming they are unconstitutional and gerrymandered. The most-recent challenge came Monday from the Ohio chapter of the...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 30, 2021
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday vetoed over $16 million in funds in the new state budget allocated to programs promoting adoption over abortion. Whitmer, a staunch abortion proponent, nixed spending “that either prohibits pregnancy service...
by Grant Holcomb | Sep 30, 2021
The state of Florida launched the Office of Safe Schools within the Department of Education three years ago to determine the best practices to ensure Florida’s schools remain safe in the years following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in...
by The Center Square | Sep 30, 2021
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s Assembly speaker is expecting to get a report on the 2020 election that shows there are questions that need to be answered. Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he has faith that former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike...