by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Oct 31, 2021
Wayne County held a groundbreaking ceremony recently to mark the beginning of the construction of a new Agriculture Center. Governor Bill Lee joined Wayne County leaders to celebrate the $1.2 million project. “Great to be in Wayne County to break ground...
by The Center Square | Oct 31, 2021
by Cole Lauterbach Arizona utility regulators are moving forward with new limitations regarding how power company APS must do business, something the utility said could land the panel in court. The Arizona Corporation Commission approved several preliminary...
by Star News Staff | Oct 31, 2021
by Eric Lendrum A former executive in North Carolina has won $10 million in a lawsuit after he was fired for being White, the New York Post reports. David Duvall previously served as a senior vice president of marketing and communication at the health care...
by The Center Square | Oct 31, 2021
by Scott McClallen Surprising no one, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed several GOP election reform bills on Friday. “Access to the ballot box is a right, and I will continue to fight any attempt to limit the right to vote,” Whitmer tweeted. She vetoed Senate Bill...
by Grant Holcomb | Oct 31, 2021
After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called for a special session last week to legislatively oppose President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates, the date has now been set and Florida’s top Republicans have said they are unified in their message and intent. Florida...
by The Center Square | Oct 31, 2021
by J.D. Davidson The Ohio General Assembly lit the fuse for legal fireworks for a second time this year after Gov. Mike DeWine extinguished the first attempt with a veto. The House and Senate passed House Bill 172, allowing for Ohioans to shoot consumer-grade...
by The Center Square | Oct 31, 2021
by Scott McClallen Outgoing Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender has filed an ethics complaint over a press conference Police Chief Medaria Arradondo held on Wednesday. Arradondo warned residents of the consequences of approving a ballot Question 2,...
by Grant Holcomb | Oct 31, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) defended Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo after he and State Sen. Tina Polsky had a back-and-forth over mask wearing that garnered much attention across statewide media. Ladapo initially came under fire for not wearing a...
by Chris Butler | Oct 31, 2021
Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) said members of the Biden administration misplace vital priorities, especially in how they treat parents at school board meetings versus how they treat a flood of incoming illegal immigrants. Loudermilk made these...
by Chris Butler | Oct 30, 2021
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp may have another Republican opponent as he vies for reelection next year. The Intelligencer reported this week that former U.S. Senator David Perdue is mulling whether to compete against Kemp. The website quoted anonymous Republican...
by Chris Butler | Oct 30, 2021
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery announced this week that he and 20 other state attorneys general have formally called on President Joe Biden to withdraw his administration’s COVID 19 vaccine mandate on federal contractors. The state attorneys general...
by Star News Staff | Oct 30, 2021
by Drew Allen On October 30, 2008, five days before Barack Obama won that year’s presidential election, he promised to “fundamentally transform the United States of America.” He nearly lived up to that promise. Obama doubled the federal debt. He oversaw the...
by Star News Staff | Oct 30, 2021
by Eric Lendrum On Thursday, two of the biggest tech companies in the world posted earnings that fell below market expectations, attributed to the ongoing supply chain crisis that is paralyzing the American economy, according to CNN. For the third quarter of...
by Star News Staff | Oct 30, 2021
by Harry Wilmerding U.S. consumer spending growth slowed in September, and income dropped due to high COVID-19 cases, supply shortages, rising inflation, and ending unemployment benefits. Consumer spending increased 0.6% in September, down from a 1% jump in...
by Star News Staff | Oct 30, 2021
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by Star News Staff | Oct 30, 2021
by Jennie Taer The U.S. State Department joined an initiative to welcome Afghan refugees into the country that is sponsored by organizations supporting groups with possible ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations, a Daily Caller News Foundation review...
by Star News Staff | Oct 30, 2021
by Ailan Evans Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday the tech giant was changing its name to “Meta.” Zuckerberg announced the name change at the Facebook Connect 2021 conference. The new name reflects Zuckerberg’s goal to reorient his...
by Star News Staff | Oct 30, 2021
by Sebastian Hughes Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said China’s new hypersonic weapon is “very concerning” and comes close to being a “Sputnik moment,” Bloomberg TV reported. The top military officer of the U.S. confirmed to...
by Star News Staff | Oct 30, 2021
by Kaylee Greenlee U.S. intelligence agencies failed to predict how quickly Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, would fall to the Taliban, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Four agencies tracked the Taliban’s gains around Afghanistan starting in the spring...
