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Former President Barack Obama Stumps for Gubernatorial Hopeful Terry McAuliffe in Richmond

Former President Barack Obama Stumps for Gubernatorial Hopeful Terry McAuliffe in Richmond

by Eric Burk | Oct 24, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

  Former President Barack Obama joined Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in Virginia’s capital on Saturday. From the steps of a library in the center of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), McAuliffe, Obama, and other top Virginia...
Braeden Farley of Spring Hill, Tennessee Named National Constitution Bee Grand Champion for 2021

Braeden Farley of Spring Hill, Tennessee Named National Constitution Bee Grand Champion for 2021

by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Oct 24, 2021 | Battleground States, News, The South

  BRENTWOOD, Tennessee – Braeden Farley, a home schooled senior from Spring Hill, Tennessee, won the 2021 National Constitution Bee held Saturday at the Spring Hill Suites by Marriott in Brentwood. Senior Braeden Farley of Spring Hill, Tennessee took home...
Team Tennessee Wins at the National Constitution Bee

Team Tennessee Wins at the National Constitution Bee

by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Oct 24, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South, The Tennessee Star

  Brentwood, Tennessee – At the fifth National Constitution Bee, held at the SpringHill Suites Marriott on Saturday, Team Tennessee ran away with the National Constitution Bee teams competition’s top prize. This year, the National Constitution Bee had...
Commentary: Migration Crisis Is a Battle of Americanists Against Transformationists

Commentary: Migration Crisis Is a Battle of Americanists Against Transformationists

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | Commentary, News

by John Fonte   The ongoing mass illegal migration crisis is best understood as an existential conflict between two forces: Americanists vs. Transformationists. These forces, in turn, represent two competing regimes or ways of life. But first, let us review what...
Previously Convicted Cocaine Felon in Nashville Could Face Federal Charges for Allegedly Shooting Girlfriend

Previously Convicted Cocaine Felon in Nashville Could Face Federal Charges for Allegedly Shooting Girlfriend

by Chris Butler | Oct 24, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South

  A person whom the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) described as a “convicted cocaine felon” could face federal prosecution after authorities arrested him for allegedly shooting his girlfriend last week. MNPD officials this week announced the arrest of...
Fiscal Year 2021 Becomes Third-Highest Year on Record in Border Encounters, Reaching 1.7 Million

Fiscal Year 2021 Becomes Third-Highest Year on Record in Border Encounters, Reaching 1.7 Million

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | National, News

by Kaylee Greenlee   Border officials encountered the third-highest number of migrants at the southern border on record, reaching more than 1.7 million apprehensions, according to Customs and Border Protection data. Border officials reported 192,000 encounters...
White House Report Proposes Granting Refugee Status for ‘Climate Change Activism’

White House Report Proposes Granting Refugee Status for ‘Climate Change Activism’

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | National, News

by Bryan Babb   A Thursday White House report on climate change and national security proposed granting refugee status for individuals identified as “climate change activists” or “environmental defenders.” “Climate activists, or environmental defenders,...
Commentary: Three Environmental Doomsday Myths, Debunked

Commentary: Three Environmental Doomsday Myths, Debunked

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | Commentary, News

by Jack Elbaum   For many, thinking about the future of our planet is terrifying. According to a global survey reported by the BBC, 56 percent of young people believe that humanity is doomed because of climate change and 45 percent say that their anxiety about...

An Afghan Refugee Who Didn’t Have Special Immigrant Visa Status Allegedly Raped a Girl in Montana

by Zachery Schmidt | Oct 24, 2021 | National, News

  An Afghan refugee was arrested last weekend for allegedly raping a girl he met at a bar in Missoula, Montana. Zabihullah Mohmand, who is 19 years old, is in Montana as part of the Afghan Placement and Assistance Program, according to NBC Montana. This program...
Texas, Missouri Attorney Generals Sue Biden Administration over Border Wall

Texas, Missouri Attorney Generals Sue Biden Administration over Border Wall

by The Center Square | Oct 24, 2021 | National, News

by Bethany Blankley   Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a second joint lawsuit against the Biden administration on Thursday over the ongoing border crisis. Meeting on the banks of the Rio Grande River south of El...
Lyft’s Safety Report Shows Thousands of Sexual Assaults over Three Years

Lyft’s Safety Report Shows Thousands of Sexual Assaults over Three Years

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | National, News

by Laurel Duggan   Lyft reported 1,807 sexual assaults in 2019 in its first-ever safety report, released Thursday. The release mentioned that in 2019 the company received 156 reports of rape and 114 reports of attempted rape....
Poll: Vast Majority of Americans Want to See Political Change

Poll: Vast Majority of Americans Want to See Political Change

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | National, News

by Bryan Babb   A significant majority of Americans see the need for changes to their political system, a Thursday Pew Research Center poll found. At least 85% of Americans polled stated that their political system “needs to be completely reformed” or “needs...
Commentary: Biden’s Unlawful Plan to Federalize Elections

Commentary: Biden’s Unlawful Plan to Federalize Elections

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | Commentary, News

by Steward Whitson   The White House recently issued a statement regarding new actions dozens of federal agencies are taking related to voter registration. These actions come in response to an order President Joe Biden issued back in March. The order commanded...
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Hosts Event That Educates People on How to Be Aware of Financial Fraud Schemes

Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Hosts Event That Educates People on How to Be Aware of Financial Fraud Schemes

by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Oct 24, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South, The Tennessee Star

  The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) held a Facebook Live this week where it discussed how to be aware of financial fraud schemes. The group, hosted by PBS Book’s Fred Nahhat, discussed how to spot scammers. From 2020, Donna Lowry...
Top House Antitrust Lawmakers Held Meeting with Facebook Whistleblower

Top House Antitrust Lawmakers Held Meeting with Facebook Whistleblower

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | National, News

by Ailan Evans   Top lawmakers in the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee met with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Democratic Rep. David Cicilline, who chairs...
Cargo Companies Warn That Vaccine Mandates Could Worsen Supply Chain Crisis

Cargo Companies Warn That Vaccine Mandates Could Worsen Supply Chain Crisis

by Star News Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | National, News

by Eric Lendrum   A trade association representing all of the major cargo companies in the United States is warning that if Joe Biden actively purses more vaccine mandates, it could further disrupt an already-weakened supply chain, according to Politico. Stephen...
Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk Tells Maxine Waters That Government Meddling Caused Rotten Economy

Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk Tells Maxine Waters That Government Meddling Caused Rotten Economy

by Chris Butler | Oct 24, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South

  Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) said during a House Financial Services hearing this week that the government’s meddling in the economy and its out-of-control-spending cause the economy to crater, but Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) evidently...
Tennessee Readies to Approve $22.7M in Business Incentives

Tennessee Readies to Approve $22.7M in Business Incentives

by The Center Square | Oct 24, 2021 | News, Tennessee

by Jon Styf   Tennessee’s State Funding Board is scheduled to approve $22.7 million in FastTrack economic incentive grants at its Monday meeting. The grants include $10.5 million to Life Technologies Corporation’s Thermo Fisher Scientific for its technology...
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry Forecasts Political Future

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry Forecasts Political Future

by Grant Holcomb | Oct 24, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South

  Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is term limited in his current post, but he has already begun teasing his future political plans. “I’m looking forward to the upcoming political season. 2022 & 2023 are coming at us fast,” Curry tweeted. “I’m as rested,...
Arizona Teacher Shortages Continue for Sixth Year

Arizona Teacher Shortages Continue for Sixth Year

by The Center Square | Oct 24, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West

by Elizabeth Troutman   About a quarter of teacher vacancies across the state remain unfilled in 2021, with 55.4% of the vacancies are filled by teachers who do not meet the state’s standard certification requirements, according to a Arizona School Personnel...
Gov. Northam: Virginia Should Reach Universal Broadband by 2024

Gov. Northam: Virginia Should Reach Universal Broadband by 2024

by The Center Square | Oct 24, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

by Tyler Arnold   Virginia is on pace to have universal broadband access throughout the commonwealth by 2024 following a record number of local and private sector applications to match state investments, Gov. Ralph Northam announced. After the most recent...
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