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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
