State Sen. Suetterlein Re-Introduces Virginia Parole Board Vote Transparency Bill
State Senator David Suetterlein (R-Roanoke) has introduced a bill to make individual Virginia Parole Board members’ votes public records and open to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. “The parole board has significant authority over...
Michigan Gov. Whitmer Withdraws Federal Lawsuit Against Line 5, Seeks to Shut Down Pipeline Through State Court
Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday withdrew a federal lawsuit against Enbridge, a Canadian company that owns the Line 5 pipeline. Instead, the Democratic governor detailed that the state is “shifting its legal strategy,” to use a state lawsuit...
New PAC Formed in Georgia to Promote Herschel Walker’s Senate Run Against Raphael Warnock
A Political Action Committee (PAC) launched this week to support Republican Herschel Walker and his campaign to defeat Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in 2022. That PAC, 34N22, debuted Monday. 34N22 spokesman Stephen Lawson told The Georgia Star News that the...
Florida School Board Association Withdraws from National Association
The Florida School Board Association (FSBA) announced it has withdrawn from its affiliation with the National School Boards Association (NSBA). The announcement comes as 26 state school board associations have either cut ties or distanced themselves from the...
Ultium Cells LLC Battery Cell Manufacturing Plant in Spring Hill Continues Construction
The new Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing plant in Spring Hill started steel construction Wednesday, according to a press release by Ultium Cells. The Tennessee Star previously reported the 2.8 million-square-foot facility will mass-produce battery...
Pumping Even More Money into Tennessee’s Public Schools Won’t Resolve Lingering Issues, State Senator Says
People who attended regional town halls this fall to discuss Tennessee’s public education funding strategy want legislators to pump even more money into public schools, but one state legislator said that’s not a remedy for improvement. Senator Joey Hensley...Tennessee House Speaker Celebrates Court Ruling Blocking Vaccine Mandates
Tennessee’s Republican House Speaker is celebrating after a federal judge Tuesday struck down President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. “Speaker Sexton has always maintained that federal mandates imposed on Americans by...
Commentary: Court’s Legitimacy Depends on Overturning Roe v. Wade
by Megan Wold When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization today, it will be asked to overrule Roe v. Wade, the court’s 50-year-old precedent that created a constitutional right to abortion. Legions of commentators are...
Second Meeting on Outdoor Homelessness in Nashville Results in No Plan
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The second Nashville Metro meeting held by Jim Schulman resulted in no plan to tackle the outdoor homelessness situation in the city. The Tennessee Star covered the first meeting from the previous night, where citizens gathered to discuss...
Space Force General Claims American Satellites Are Under Attack on Regular Basis
by Eric Lendrum A top general with the United States Space Force says that other nations often threaten and even outright attack American satellites in space, as reported by the New York Post. General David Thompson revealed the alarming developments in an...
Leaked Documents Show Chinese President Xi Ordered Uyghur Genocide in ‘Top Secret’ Speeches
by Harold Hutchison Documents obtained by human rights activists from the People’s Republic of China show that Xi Jinping, the country’s president, ordered the implementation of measures to persecute Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang Province in “top secret” speeches...
Biden Approval Rating Remains an Abysmal 36 Percent in New Poll
by Debra Heine Joe Biden’s approval numbers remain abysmally low in a new nationwide survey, dragging his presidency and congressional Democrats down. According to a Trafalgar poll published Wednesday, just 36.3 percent of Americans approve of Biden’s...
A Firsthand Look into Texas’ ‘Operation Lone Star’
by Jennie Taer RIO GRANDE VALLEY — The alarm clock sounded at 3 a.m. local time. It was dark and the skies were clear from the storm that had just passed. Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Lt. Craig Cummings, who was driving me around the valley, joked...
Coffee Prices Reach 10-Year Highs That Could Last Years
by Harry Wilmerding Coffee prices soared to a 10-year high on Monday, with experts projecting the high costs to last well into 2023, CNBC reported. Coffee contracts for December hit $2.34 per pound at the end of Monday’s trading day, CNBC reported. Coffee...
Commentary: Redditors Flock, Amplify ‘Antiwork’ Movement
by Courtney White When it comes to blaming the masses, no one seems to take the fall more than young people: Weird food trends, the “baby bust,” and now, a labor shortage all seem to be attributed to Millennials and Gen Z. Now, following “The Great Resignation”...
Commentary: Our Enemies Wait as We Destroy Ourselves
by Anthony Esolen Is the United States becoming like the old Soviet Union in a way that people fail to see because of the noise and the distractions of electoral politics, mass entertainment masking as news, and mass indoctrination masking as entertainment? We...
Judicial Watch Moves to Depose Chicago Mayor Lightfoot over Racist Interview Policy Under Oath
by Harry Wilmerding Judicial Watch filed a motion on Nov. 23 on behalf of The Daily Caller News Foundation and reporter Thomas Catenacci, asking the court to depose Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot to discuss her allegedly racist interview policy under...
Anti-Trump Group Donated $85k to Atlanta Election Judges, Now Auditors Want Some Repaid
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Kenosha Police Bodycam Video Shows NBC Producer and Freelancer Weaseling Out of Jury Tampering Rap
by Debra Heine A freelance photographer and his NBC contact were caught on camera trying to squirm their way out of trouble in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last month, when the freelancer was stopped for running a red light while trying to keep up with the Rittenhouse...
