by Admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South, Uncategorized
by Peter D'Abrosca | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
Friday, a jury in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. The jury deliberated on five charges against Rittenhouse, all related to Rittenhouse’s activity in Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020. He killed two and wounded a third...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Nov 19, 2021 | National, News, port
Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris will become the acting President of the United States while President Joe Biden has a colonoscopy at Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. That medical procedure requires Biden to take anesthesia, and warrants the...
by Chris Butler | Nov 19, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles — flanked by several state legislators — declared a state of emergency in the county at a press conference on Thursday. Ogles said the U.S. Constitution entitles health care workers to religious exemptions and other rights of...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Nov 19, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have joined all 48 other senate Republicans to challenge President Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate. The senators are utilizing the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block the order and...
by Chris Butler | Nov 19, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
One of the Memphis-based attorneys who last week convinced a federal judge to halt a new Tennessee law that prohibits mask mandates in schools once defended former President Barack Obama’s immigration policies. That attorney, Bryce Ashby, with the Donati Law...
by Star News Staff | Nov 19, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Victor Davis Hanson The Washington, D.C.-based Federal Bureau of Investigation has lost all credibility as a disinterested investigatory agency. Now we learn from a whistleblower that the agency was allegedly investigating moms and dads worried about the...
by Casey Owens | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
State Senator and Chair of the Republican Party of Florida Joe Gruters proposed a bill (SB 956) Tuesday that would offer financial incentives for the film industry to shoot, and produce movies, television, and digital media projects within the state. As the...
by Star News Staff | Nov 19, 2021 | National, News
by Kaylee Greenlee Biden administration officials said President Joe Biden won’t push border policies in meetings with Mexican officials during the North American Leaders’ Summit, CBS News reported Thursday. The Biden administration, which has relied on Mexican...
by Chris Butler | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.1 percent in October, the lowest rate in Georgia’s recorded history. This, according to Georgia Department of Labor (DOL) Commissioner Mark Butler in an emailed press release Thursday. “The rate was down two-tenths...
by Cooper Moran | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday praised an effort by State Representative Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) to “decertify” Wisconsin’s 2020 election results. Ramthun and Trump contest that a report from the Legislative Audit Bureau...
by Cooper Moran | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General on Thursday released a report on the shortcomings of the state’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). During the coronavirus pandemic, the state agency dished out $3.9 billion in overpayments of federal...
by Rachel Alexander | Nov 19, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
The House of Representatives narrowly voted 223-207 to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ-04) and remove him from his committee posts for tweeting an animated video showing his head on the body of an anime character stabbing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14)...
by Brian Ball | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Republicans in the Ohio House passed a four-year congressional map on a 55-36 party-line vote after more than an hour of floor speeches Thursday. Democrats and others opposed to Amended Sen. Bill 258 called for Governor Mike DeWine, a...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
– – – Background Photo “University of Wisconsin Campus” by Phil Roeder. CC BY 2.0.
by Star News Staff | Nov 19, 2021 | National, News
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by Star News Staff | Nov 19, 2021 | National, News
by Laurel Duggan The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that sports organizations allow biologically male, transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports without lowering their testosterone levels. The IOC stated that no athlete should be...
by Cooper Moran | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci on Thursday encouraged the Ohio State Legislature and Governor Mike DeWine to take against vaccine mandates. In the statement, Renacci slammed President Joe Biden’s overreaching vaccine mandate, which would...
by Star News Staff | Nov 19, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Brian Lonergan For as long as most of us have been alive, there have been declarations that America’s best days are behind us and that we are in a slow, steady decline. Against this backdrop, there is a growing sentiment that our present leadership in...
by Star News Staff | Nov 19, 2021 | National, News
by Kendall Tietz Senate Republicans see education and the concern around Critical Race Theory (CRT) as critical issues in the 2022 midterm elections, according to research from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and Chairman Rick Scott. CRT in...
by Hayley Feland | Nov 19, 2021 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
The city of Kenosha is on edge as the jury verdict nears in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Reports have shown videos of rising tensions on the courthouse steps and accusations are flying of more individuals attempting to doxx jurors. Independent Photojournalist...
