by Bradley Vasoli | Dec 15, 2021
Republican legislation to stop private organizations from donating selectively to Pennsylvania localities’ election activities passed the state House of Representatives along party lines Monday. State Reps. Eric Nelson (R-Greensburg), Clint Owlett...
by Hayley Feland | Dec 15, 2021
A writ of habeas corpus was filed on Tuesday in the United States District Court of Minnesota against two sheriffs in charge of handling the incarceration of Melissa “Lisa” Hanson. Hanson, who represented herself sui juris, was charged and convicted...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 15, 2021
Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday sent a letter to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, requesting special elections to fill multiple legislative vacancies. According to Whitmer, elections are needed to ensure that all residents of the states are equally...
by Hayley Feland | Dec 15, 2021
Two University of Wisconsin (UW) campuses have paused their employee COVID vaccine mandates following a federal judge blocking the Biden administration requirement for federal employees to be vaccinated. The UW-Madison and the UW-Milwaukee are the two campuses...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 15, 2021
Across Ohio, homicide rates are soaring this year, especially in the state’s large cities. Cleveland set a 10 year record for homicides in August, totaling 101 killings by August 7. From January 1 to the beginning of August last year, the city had 84...
by Eric Burk | Dec 15, 2021
Continuing his “Thank You, Virginia” tour, Governor Ralph Northam announced that his upcoming budget proposal will include tax cuts and refunds, including some similar to those Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has called on Northam to include in his...
by Rachel Alexander | Dec 15, 2021
Nine Arizona legislators held a hearing Monday in the Democratic stronghold of Pima County and Tucson over persistent rumors of election irregularities, including one anonymous allegation that 35,000 fraudulent votes were added to the final tally. State Sen....
by Cooper Moran | Dec 15, 2021
Congressman Mark Green (R-TN-07) sent a letter to President Joe Biden that called on the president to revoke his vaccine mandate executive orders. According to Green, the two orders from Biden violate the law and should be removed after action taken by the...
by Star News Staff | Dec 15, 2021
by Julie Kelly After months of foot-dragging, Joe Biden’s Justice Department is preparing for the first set of trials related to its sprawling prosecution of January 6 defendants: Robert Gieswein, who turned himself in and was arrested on January 19 for his...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 15, 2021
During a Monday joint meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee and the Health and Safety Committee of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, officials from the Metro Public Health Department recommended council members end the current...
by Chris Butler | Dec 15, 2021
Maury County Sheriff’s deputies this week arrested a Fairview Elementary School teacher and charged him with aggravated sexual exploitation, incest, aggravated sexual battery, and rape of a child. This, according to intake details that the Maury County...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 15, 2021
The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) requested from the city’s COVID-19 Financial Oversight Committee a budget for new tasers, saying the ones they currently use are outdated, obsolete, and do not work properly. MNPD Deputy Chief Chris Taylor told...
by Star News Staff | Dec 15, 2021
by Harry Wilmerding The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, soared 9.6% year-over-year as of November, growing at the fastest rate ever measured, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)Â announced Tuesday....
by Star News Staff | Dec 15, 2021
by Newt Gingrich The time has come to abolish the Georgia state income tax. Sen. David Perdue was exactly right in proposing to eliminate the state income tax. He was also right in suggesting that he could work with the Georgia state legislature and find ways...
by Julie Carr | Dec 15, 2021
Live from Music Row Tuesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles in the studio to...
by Grant Holcomb | Dec 15, 2021
Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) has written a letter to President Joe Biden (D) urging him to utilize Florida’s ports as a way to alleviate the nation’s supply chain shortage. In the letter, Buchanan made his case for why Florida is the best place...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Dec 15, 2021
Vice Mayor Jim Shulman shared in an email with The Tennessee Star that included the first draft of his plan to battle homelessness in the city of Nashville. The plan, titled the “Homelessness Planning Council Strategic Community Plan” (HPCSCP),...
by Star News Staff | Dec 15, 2021
by Kendall Tietz President Joe Biden’s administration put a policy in place that requires all employees in a federal education program to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which program directors argue will have a detrimental effect on Montana’s programs that assist...