by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 1, 2021
Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote on Tuesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland, requesting that he return to the committee to provide additional testimony...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 1, 2021
Twitter implemented a new safety initiative Tuesday that has caused confusion among many of its users. “In addition, you may not share private media, such as images or videos of private individuals, without their consent,” the company said in a blog...
by Star News Staff | Dec 1, 2021
– – – Photo “Diversity of Students in Class” by Tulane Public Relations. CC BY 2.0.
by Hayley Feland | Dec 1, 2021
ROSEMOUNT, Minnesota – Several Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) students shared with The Minnesota Sun that they were told to stay off campus during President Joe Biden’s visit. Biden visited DCTC on Tuesday afternoon to discuss his new...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 1, 2021
Empower Oversight, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization with the goal of enhancing oversight of government, won an appeal for six Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, allowing the group to access documents previously undisclosed. The organization...
by Star News Staff | Dec 1, 2021
by Conrad Black Everything has gone so terribly wrong for the Biden Administration, and in the ways that were widely predicted, that it is hard to believe Joe Biden could be perceived as a successful or at least potentially successful president if only he had...
by The Center Square | Dec 1, 2021
by Benjamin Yount In response to the Kyle Rittenhouse case, Kenosha’s three Democratic lawmakers have introduced a plan to make it illegal for anyone under 18 to carry a rifle or a shotgun unless they are hunting. “While Wisconsin law generally prohibits a...
by Star News Staff | Dec 1, 2021
– – – Photo “Oxford High School” by Adrienne of Oxford. CC BY-SA 4.0.
by Star News Staff | Dec 1, 2021
by Thomas Ross The Duke Student Government (DSG) recently “chartered” a chapter of Students Supporting Israel (SSI), only to uphold its president’s veto of the organization days later. The Chronicle reported that the Nov. 10 approval followed SSI’s stated...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 1, 2021
Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci on Tuesday backed a measure by Ohio lawmakers to block vaccine mandates in the state. House Bill 218, which was approved by the House of Representatives earlier this month, would provide broad exemptions to any...
by Grant Holcomb | Dec 1, 2021
Last week, The Florida Capital Star reported on two Duval County, Florida men being charged and arrested for fraudulently registering dead people to vote. It was revealed that the two men were working as employees for a petition and canvassing company,...
by Star News Staff | Dec 1, 2021
by Peach Tree Times An analysis of 2020 election results and individual Georgia Department of Elections data shows a 3,742-vote difference between those marked as having participated in the election and the number of ballots certified as being cast....
by Chris Butler | Dec 1, 2021
Patrick Witt, a Republican running for Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, this week said certain members of the GOP should blame themselves for what occurred in the state on November 3, 2020. Witt, according to his Twitter profile, was a member of former...
by Eric Burk | Dec 1, 2021
The Virginia Department of Health is sampling sewage at 25 sites across the Commonwealth as part of its COVID-19 monitoring program. The weekly sampling began September 13 and will run through July 2022, but researchers have been testing COVID-19 detection...
by Casey Owens | Dec 1, 2021
After the Biden Administration announced its plan to remove a Colombian rebel group known as FARC from the list of foreign terrorist organizations, an outcry of opposition in South Florida and state Democrats soon followed. Among those opposed to the decision...
by Eric Burk | Dec 1, 2021
Senator John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake) has introduced a bill for the 2022 General Assembly session requiring school principals to report certain misdemeanor offenses to law enforcement and to the victim’s parents. His SB 2 reverses changes made by Delegate...
by The Center Square | Dec 1, 2021
by Scott McClallen Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is trying to use federal funds from a recently-signed infrastructure package to accelerate the replacement of lead service lines. Whitmer signed an executive directive (ED) for the Legislature to work with the...
by Hayley Feland | Dec 1, 2021
Teachers from Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay have signed a pledge to teach Critical Race Theory in schools. The pledge, started by the Zinn Education Project, had over 7,500 signees in the end of October, which was the last time an update about the petition...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 1, 2021
Georgia’s nursing and healthcare staff shortages have reached “crisis” levels after hospital networks in the state mandated that employees take the COVID-19 vaccine during the summer. Many news outlets and healthcare executives are blaming...
