by Cooper Moran | Dec 27, 2021
Four different government agencies in western Pennsylvania will receive grants for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), totaling than $1.5 million. Armstrong, Washington, Mercer, and Allegheny Counties will be the destination of the funds administered through...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 27, 2021
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Thursday signed a spending package to invest billions the state received from federal coronavirus funds. House Bill 169, sponsored by State Representative Al Cutrona (R-Canfield), invests the funds in law enforcement agencies,...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Dec 27, 2021
Nashville Mayor John Cooper took to Twitter recently to share his frustration with the city’s recycling collector for not being able to collect the city’s trash and recyclables in a timely matter. The Nashville Metro Water services released a...
by Rachel Alexander | Dec 27, 2021
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has mostly finalized its 10-year maps redrawing congressional and legislative districts in the state, and the results appear mixed for Republicans. While they appear to shift more districts in favor of...
by The Center Square | Dec 27, 2021
by Bethany Blankley As Texas and Missouri attorneys general ask a federal court to require the Biden administration to immediately resume building the border wall with funds allocated by Congress, the Department of Homeland Security announced it was using the...
by The Center Square | Dec 27, 2021
by J.D. Davidson Gov. Mike DeWine officially made sports betting legal in Ohio with his signature, but it will likely be more than a year before the first legal bet can be placed in the Buckeye State. DeWine signed House Bill 29 into law late Wednesday,...
by Grant Holcomb | Dec 27, 2021
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided not to hear a case relating to “medically fragile” children being placed in nursing homes. A three-panel judge in 2019 ruled in favor of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) authority to pursue a lawsuit...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Dec 27, 2021
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) recommended in their final programmatic environmental assessment to install what’s called a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) that includes sound signals, directional strobe lighting, and a bubble curtain in order to keep...
by RealClearWire | Dec 27, 2021
by John Tamny The first book I ever read on public policy was Compassion Versus Guilt. A collection of columns by the great Thomas Sowell, it was what I regularly referred to on all questions economic toward the end of high school, in college, and well beyond....
by Star News Staff | Dec 27, 2021
by Jon Phelan ‘Minnesota job growth outpaces US, unemployment at 3.3%‘– Duluth News Tribune ‘Jobless rate in Minn. hits pre-pandemic level‘ – MPR News ‘Minnesota jobless rate falls to 3.3%, lowest since pre-pandemic‘ – Fox 9 ‘Minnesota Unemployment Rate Fell in...
by Hayley Feland | Dec 27, 2021
A Minnesota pedophile was convicted and sentenced to 24 years in jail after he produced child pornography. According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Minnesota, Russell James Anderson-Baldwin, 39, created...
by Star News Staff | Dec 27, 2021
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by The Center Square | Dec 27, 2021
by Tyler Arnold A U.S. court of appeals ruling that will allow the federal government to impose a vaccine mandate on businesses could hurt the supply chain and amplify the labor shortage in Virginia and nationwide, according to a business group fighting against...
by Star News Staff | Dec 27, 2021
by Kyle Hooten Minnesota says healthcare providers should provide non-white patients with preferential access to monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). This isn’t a conspiracy theory; it’s written in a state document and apparently upheld by local hospitals. The...
by The Center Square | Dec 27, 2021
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s financial picture continues to improve. Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday said the state is ending the most recent fiscal year with a $1.8 billion surplus. “This is great news for Wisconsinites as it puts our state in a solid fiscal...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 27, 2021
Democratic State Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) announced on Thursday that she will suspend her campaign for Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor. According to a statement provided by Taylor, she believes she may serve best in a separate position to have a...
