by Star News Staff | Oct 20, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Roger Kimball I am sure it’s a totally unfounded rumor that the Central Intelligence Agency, the world’s most lavishly funded bastion of spooks, is about to shorten its name to “The Central Agency,” retiring the embarrassing and divisive word “intelligence.”...
by Casey Owens | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
After almost four years since the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSDHS) in Broward County, the school district reached a $25 million settlement on Monday with the families of 52 people who were killed, injured, or traumatized during...
by The Center Square | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
by Scott McClallen Emails show that in May 2020, the federal government warned Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance (UIA) about its lax jobless aid qualification questions. Despite a second warning as early as Jan. 6, 2021, the UIA still didn’t fix its mistakes....
by Cooper Moran | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
A bill introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives would allow barbers-to-be to obtain the 1,800 hours of training as an apprenticeship rather than a classroom. The Mackinac Center reported: A new bill would make the life of prospective barbers a little...
by The Center Square | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, The Midwest, Wisconsin
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction on Friday released enrollment figures for this school year, and statewide enrollment once again fell. “Wisconsin’s total school district headcount for the third Friday of September 2021 was 814,101,...
by Eric Burk | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
Virginia’s financial position continues to improve after COVID-19’s impacts in 2020, but the fast-paced recovery seen earlier in the year is slowing, Secretary of Finance Joe Flores told legislators in an update on Monday and Tuesday. “The...
by Grant Holcomb | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Florida Judge Monica Brasington refused to dismiss a potential class-action lawsuit against the University of Florida which says the school should refund the fees to students who were forced to study from home during the COVID-induced school year. If it is...
by Brian Ball | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci’s campaign has taken his bid to oust Governor Mike DeWine as the GOP standard-bearer in November 2022 to the virtual savannas of Africa in portraying the incumbent as a dangerous political...
by The Center Square | Oct 20, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
by Cole Lauterbach Workers at the University of Arizona must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That’s the news from university President Robert Robbins in response to President Joe Biden’s order that any public or private organization that benefits from...
by Star News Staff | Oct 20, 2021 | News, The South, Virginia
Photo “Glenn Youngkin” by Glenn Youngkin. Background Photo “Loudoun Public Schools Building” by Loudoun County Schools..
by Bradley Vasoli | Oct 20, 2021 | National, News
A Pennsylvania court this week issued an opinion allowing litigation attempting to block the use of electronic voting devices in Philadelphia, Northampton and Cumberland counties to proceed. Commonwealth Court Judge Kevin P. Brobson (R), currently a candidate...
by Chris Butler | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
A panel of experts said they plan to release data Wednesday proving that unelected judges in Fulton County are dramatically more likely to put Georgians at risk by releasing criminal defendants in an unsecured judicial release. Elected judges in Fulton County,...
by Cooper Moran | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
State lawmakers in the Ohio General Assembly on Tuesday introduced the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. The legislation, introduced by Representatives Gary Click (R-Vickery) and Diane Grendell (R-Chesterland), would ban providing children...
by Chris Butler | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said this week that he joined a 17-state effort to deter the Biden administration from threatening parents who express their views to school officials on issues regarding their children’s education. Carr announced this in an...
by Hayley Feland | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
Minnesota State Representative Jeremy Munson (R-Lake Crystal) questioned a Democrat redistricting bill in a Facebook video. Munson said that aspects of the bill are “at odds with election integrity.” Munson said the bill the elected officials heard regarding...
by Grant Holcomb | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Numerous reports have revealed that the President Joe Biden administration has been flying illegal aliens into states, including Florida, in the dead of night. On Saturday night, a Boeing 737 landed in Jacksonville, Florida, originating from Texas, after 10:00...
by Eric Burk | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
Virginia House District (HD) 10 is one of Republicans’ best chances to flip a House seat in the election; Republicans hope to retake the majority by winning a net six seats. The district includes part of Loudoun County, where the local school board has...
by Hayley Feland | Oct 20, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) announced his reelection campaign on Tuesday. Walz is the seventh gubernatorial candidate to place a bid and the only Democrat to have entered the race so far. I’m running for re-election with @PeggyFlanagan to keep moving...
by Cooper Moran | Oct 20, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge) and House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) on Tuesday formally issued a call for a third session of the 112th General Assembly. According to the two state lawmakers, the additional session “will cover a...
