by Cooper Moran | Sep 29, 2021
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) refused to say if she would agree to President Joe Biden’s (D) demand to impose a statewide coronavirus vaccine mandate. Whitmer, facing slumping polls showing her reelection prospects threatened by multiple Republican...
by Eric Burk | Sep 29, 2021
The last of three Amtrak Virginia trains that were suspended due to the pandemic is open again, with a new extension to the Main Street Station in downtown Richmond. Governor Ralph Northam and rail officials announced the reopening and expansion of Northeast...
by The Center Square | Sep 29, 2021
by Bethany Blankley Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would hire any Border Patrol agent fired by the Biden administration after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said agents would no longer be permitted to use horses to guard the border in Del Rio, Texas....
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 29, 2021
A group of parents in Williamson County filed a lawsuit against county school system last week over its mask mandate they allege impacts students, staff, and faculty. The lawsuit, which was filed by four parents, asks for the federal court to set aside the mask...
by Hayley Feland | Sep 28, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Thousands gathered at the Minnesota capitol building on Sunday afternoon for what some are saying was the biggest Minnesota medical freedom rally yet. The rally featured Del Bigtree, the founder of the Informed Consent Action Network...
by Grant Holcomb | Sep 28, 2021
Since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban and the military blunder by the President Joe Biden administration, Afghan refugees coming to the Untied States could be as high as 125,000. South Florida is likely one of the new landing spots for a chunk of the...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 28, 2021
Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson (D-Memphis) was acquitted on Monday on 15 possible fraud and embezzlement charges. Robinson’s charges stemmed from an investigation into the Memphis-based Healthcare Institute (THI), which the state lawmaker...
by The Center Square | Sep 28, 2021
by Jon Styf Tennessee’s attorney general is appealing the recent decisions of two federal judges related to Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allowing parents to opt out of school mask mandates. Judges in Shelby, Knox and Williamson counties recently granted...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 28, 2021
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) on Sunday argued that President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are “waging war” on capitalism through the tax system. In an interview in Fox News Channel’s “The Next Revolution,” Hagerty explained that...
by RealClearWire | Sep 28, 2021
by Myra Adams If the 2022 midterm elections had an official soundtrack, it would be the ominous music from the 1975 movie “Jaws.” Although the election is 13 months away, mounting intensity feels like great white sharks are circling our national boat with a...
by RealClearWire | Sep 28, 2021
by Adam Andrzejewski Rev. Al Sharpton, the firebrand Baptist preacher who made his name as a racial justice activist, taught political science grounded in social justice at Tennessee State University. OpenTheBooks.com obtained a copy of his contract with the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Sep 28, 2021
A rally was held in Nashville Sunday as the state prepares to resettle at least 300 refugees from Afghanistan in Middle Tennessee. According to WKRN, dozens of people attended the rally, some of whom are Afghan refugees who previously fled the country due to...
by Cooper Moran | Sep 28, 2021
Ford Motor Company announced on Monday that the Memphis Regional Megasite will be the location of a new electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facility. The decision by the automobile manufacturer will invest a total of $5.6 billion in the area, as the...
by Star News Staff | Sep 28, 2021
by Kyle Hooten While many health care facilities are firing their unvaccinated employees amid a nationwide staffing shortage, some Minnesota companies are taking the opposite approach. President Joe Biden announced earlier this month that all employers with...
by The Center Square | Sep 28, 2021
by J. D. Davidson A Dayton area Ohio senator wants voters to have the final say on county sales tax increases, introducing a bill that would require a vote on tax hikes. Senate Bill 93 would require any county commission to get voter approval before raising the...
by The Center Square | Sep 28, 2021
by Casey Harper The Federal Bureau of Investigation released crime data Monday showing a sharp spike in homicides in 2020. While some crimes diminished in the unusual, COVID-shutdown year, homicides rose nearly 30% and aggravated assaults rose more than 12% in...
by Chris Butler | Sep 28, 2021
Members of the Williamson County-based Tennessee Stands said rulings coming down from U.S. District Courts regarding what they call unlawful mandates, particularly those coming from Tennessee, prove “that reasoning has lost and politics wins the day.” Federal...
by Star News Staff | Sep 28, 2021
by Ailan Evans Facebook has paused development of a version of its image-sharing platform Instagram specifically geared towards children, the company announced Monday. The tech giant decided to suspend work on the project in order to “work with parents,...
