by Star News Staff | Dec 13, 2021
by Harry Wilmerding Online prices soared to record highs in November, according to Adobe Analytics. Prices online surged 3.5% on a year-over-year basis as of November, the biggest increase since 2014, when Adobe started tracking the cost of goods on the...
by Star News Staff | Dec 13, 2021
by Dov Fischer I guess I first knew Jussie Smollett was fated for disaster when he did the unthinkable: an American trying to perpetrate a fraud on Nigerians. Add to that: He had the full-throated backing of Kamala Harris, our vice tweeter, and of our...
by The Center Square | Dec 13, 2021
by Steve Bittenbender New York State Attorney General Letitia James surprisingly announced Thursday she was suspending her campaign for the next year’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Instead, she said she will run for re-election. “There are a number of...
by Star News Staff | Dec 13, 2021
by Jennie Taer Republican lawmakers are raising concerns over illegal migrants without identification traveling on commercial flights throughout the country, according to an email exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The email revealed that...
by The Center Square | Dec 13, 2021
by Bethany Blankley Included in the Democrats’ Build Back Better Act currently before the U.S. Senate is a proposal to allocate $80 billion to the Internal Revenue Service to hire nearly 87,000 additional agents – a plan opposed by a majority of voters recently...
by Rachel Alexander | Dec 13, 2021
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey sent the Arizona National Guard and law enforcement officers to the Arizona border with Mexico near Yuma to address a surge in border crossings, which Arizona State Representative Tim Dunn (R-Yuma) has called for and says he believes...
by Chris Butler | Dec 13, 2021
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms this week identified the person who will lead the city’s new Office of Violence Reduction, and that person has a background not in law enforcement but in public health. Bottoms, in a press release, announced the Office of...
by The Center Square | Dec 13, 2021
by Cole Lauterbach An Arizona county is looking into expediting the release of inmates in case its COVID-19 vaccination mandate results in the loss of half of its corrections officers. Acting Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher wrote city officials about the...
by The Center Square | Dec 13, 2021
by J.D. Davidson The Ohio General Assembly has given the go-ahead to spend more than $4 billion of federal COVID-19 relief money despite calls from Democrats for Gov. Mike DeWine to veto parts of the plan. DeWine praised the passage of House Bill 169, calling...
by Grant Holcomb | Dec 13, 2021
Broward County School Board Member Donna Korn is facing a complaint filed with Florida Commission on Ethics regarding showing favoritism to a vendor. Korn and Shawn Cerra, director of student activities and athletics, vacationed and stayed separately at a $1.1...
by Eric Burk | Dec 13, 2021
The Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) is one of the signature pieces of legislation Democrats passed during their control of Virginia’s General Assembly and the governor’s mansion. It set deadlines for utilities to be 100-percent carbon, set energy...
by Bradley Vasoli | Dec 13, 2021
Video recordings emerged on Friday capturing conversations between Delaware County, Pennsylvania election workers about obscuring “derogatory” information regarding the November 3, 2020 election. The footage was secretly recorded by whistleblower Regina Miller...
by The Center Square | Dec 13, 2021
by Scott McClallen The Michigan Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit between three news agencies and the Michigan Independent Citizen’s Redistricting Commission (MICRC). Arguments will be held Dec. 15 at 9:30 a.m. The lawsuit follows an Oct....
by The Center Square | Dec 13, 2021
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s state superintendent is snapping back at Republican lawmakers over $77 million in coronavirus money for schools. Superintendent Jill Underly on Thursday wrote a defiant letter to the heads of the legislature’s budget writing panel....
by Cooper Moran | Dec 13, 2021
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is studying the effects of three “repurposed” drugs in treating mild and moderate symptoms of COVID-19. The study – a part of a large, national study begun earlier this year – is examining the...