by Star News Staff | Oct 6, 2021
by Corey Walker The University of Colorado at Boulder is hosting monthly “BIPOC Identity” and “White Ally” meetups this semester that separate attendees based on race. Specifically, The “monthly meetups,” which the Institute...
by The Center Square | Oct 6, 2021
by Bethany Blankley While much of the world watched roughly 15,000 Haitians illegally cross the Rio Grande River from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas, last month, an area near Yuma, Arizona, has become the Grand Canyon State’s Del Rio equivalent. Known as “The Gap,”...
by Cooper Moran | Oct 6, 2021
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) lashed out at fellow leftist Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after his government bypassed her to ensure an energy pipeline continues operating. Whitmer has sought to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5, which runs from...
by Eric Burk | Oct 6, 2021
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is now open to walk-in service three days a week, 16 months after first opening for appointment-only service following COVID-19 closures in spring 2020. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday remain appointment-only, but...
by Star News Staff | Oct 6, 2021
by Newt Gingrich The power struggle we are watching in the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden’s spending (and taxing) bill is not between moderates and Big Government Socialists. It’s between timid Big Government Socialists and bolder ones. There are no...
by Hayley Feland | Oct 6, 2021
The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) has filed lawsuits on behalf of employees of two large companies, Honeywell and Anaplan, who were fired for refusing to take part in Critical Race Theory (CRT) trainings. Chuck Vavra was an engineer at Honeywell and Justin...
by Star News Staff | Oct 6, 2021
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by The Center Square | Oct 6, 2021
by J.D. Davidson A dozen new economic development projects are expected to create nearly 2,500 new jobs across Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine said Monday. The largest is a new distribution center in Springfield for West Virginia-based Gabriel Brothers. The company...
by Rachel Alexander | Oct 6, 2021
Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee sent a letter to Arizona’s Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly urging them not to vote for legislation that would allow the IRS to monitor Americans’ bank accounts for transactions of $600 or more in withdrawals...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Oct 6, 2021
A nurse in Michigan was charged last week after authorities say they caught her stealing and selling authentic COVID-19 vaccination cards. “The first complaint charges Bethann Kierczak, 37, of Southgate with theft of government property and theft or...
by Hayley Feland | Oct 6, 2021
The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is short by over 200 officers due in part to the defund the police movement, according to the MPD Union President Sherral Schmidt. She said the police department should have around 888 officers, but its current staffing...
by Bradley Vasoli | Oct 6, 2021
Pennsylvania acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid did not testify in person at Tuesday’s Senate State Government Committee hearing on bipartisan election reforms, accentuating a rift between committee Republicans and Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D)...
by Hayley Feland | Oct 6, 2021
Wisconsin high school students were told they could not wear “Trump Wall” shirts at their private school. As reported by CBS 58, “Students, parents and Latino advocacy groups are calling for action to be taken after a photo of students at Racine Lutheran High...
by Chris Butler | Oct 6, 2021
Georgia Department of Education (GADOE) officials announced Tuesday that they are giving $4.9 million in competitive grants to support school improvement efforts in 14 school districts and state charter schools. This, according to a press release that GADOE...
by Grant Holcomb | Oct 6, 2021
After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won a temporary ruling last month, the parents suing the state of Florida over its mask mandate ban filed a notice in 11th Circuit Court of Appeal to overturn the previous decision. The attorneys said DeSantis’ executive order...
by The Center Square | Oct 6, 2021
by Benjamin Yount One Wisconsin Republican says a recent report on school spending misses the mark. Sen. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, said the report from The Reason Foundation is a bit misleading. The report places Wisconsin near the bottom of all states when...
by Cooper Moran | Oct 6, 2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Monday that the Department of Justice and the FBI are launching an effort to address the alleged increase in “threats” made against school officials. According to a statement from the Department of...
by Cooper Moran | Oct 6, 2021
Governor Doug Ducey on Monday established the state’s new Cyber Command Center at a ceremony at the Department of Public Safety’s Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC) in Phoenix. The new cyber center will serve as Arizona’s main...
by Chris Butler | Oct 6, 2021
Meagan Hanson, a Republican running in a competitive race to unseat incumbent Georgia U.S. Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), said Tuesday said that her opponent is snubbing questions about the new federal spending bill. “In a desperate attempt to avoid...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Oct 6, 2021
According to several reports, officials are investigating potential sightings of Brian Laundrie on the Appalachian Trail near the Tennessee border with North Carolina. Laundrie, 23, is the prime suspect in the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito. The pair...
by The Center Square | Oct 6, 2021
by Bethany Blankley Republican Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Doug Ducey of Arizona are hosting nine governors in Mission, Texas, Wednesday to denounce President Joe Biden’s policies leading to a surge in illegal immigration at the southern border. “Texas...
