by Rachel Alexander | Dec 29, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
The Biden administration announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all branches of the military on August 25, which applies to members of the Arizona Army National Guard (AZARNG). Although six governors are attempting to stop the mandate for their National...
by Chris Butler | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
Six of the 10 Athens-Clarke County (ACC), Georgia commissioners have proposed an ordinance that, if enacted into law, would more than double their salaries from $15,000 per year to $31,000. County Mayor Kelly Girtz, under this proposal, would enjoy a pay...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Tuesday pardoned 30 individuals that were convicted for a host of violations, including drug distribution. With the added numbers, Evers has now released 337 convicted criminals in his first three years leading the state. When...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Monday signed legislation that aims to limit the state’s substitute teacher shortage. House Bill 4294, sponsored by State Representative Brad Paquette (R-Niles), will allow certain school staff members, like...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci on Monday slammed the level of government spending over the past year under Governor Mike DeWine. The former congressman and DeWine’s GOP primary challenger remained critical of the incumbent governor’s...
by Bradley Vasoli | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid (D), in answering a lawsuit concerning congressional redistricting Monday, indicated interest in having the state Supreme Court once again redraw district lines. Petitioners have complained of an impasse...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
An illegal alien living in Williamsburg was arrested on December 14 for allegedly kidnapping a teenaged girl, as confirmed by Breitbart. However, the public was not alerted that a violent illegal alien, Brando Alex Pastor Batz, 19, had been living among them....
by Grant Holcomb | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Since taking office as commissioner for the Florida Department of Agriculture, Nikki Fried (D) has made numerous moves backing LGBTQ issues while receiving praise from Equality Florida. Equality Florida, created in 1997, is described as a “civil rights...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
Two Minnesota colleges have joined a handful of schools across the country who will require students to receive a COVID-19 booster shot in order to attend spring semester classes. “News about the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is undoubtedly on...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Julie Kelly The U.S. Department of Justice received an unwelcome Christmas gift from defense attorneys representing five men charged with conspiring to “kidnap” Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020: a motion to dismiss the case. The Christmas...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News
– – – Photo “Spiro Pantazatos” by Columbia University.
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News
by Sebastian Hughes The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated the amount of time it recommends people isolate themselves after testing positive for COVID-19, shortening it from 10 days to five. “Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Catherine Mortensen President Joe Biden has stumbled, mumbled, and bumbled his way through his first year in office. While many of his gaffes leave us laughing, much of what comes out of his mouth isn’t just nonsense, it’s outright lies. Here’s a look at...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Jack Cashill A week before Christmas, on the occasion of Alex Haley’s centennial year, Michael Patrick Hearn penned a lengthy tribute to his one-time Hamilton College prof. The first 4,000 words of the New York Times article Hearn fulfilled the promise of...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News, Uncategorized
– – – Photo “Harry Reid” by Senate Democrats. CC BY 2.0.
by The Center Square | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News
by Mary Stroka Hogs born Jan. 1, 2022, or later are subject to California’s Prop 12. Some Iowa agricultural leaders have criticized the law, which prohibits the sale of pork from hogs that are the offspring of sows that were raised in pens with less than 24...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News
by Fred Lucas In Michigan, the state’s civil rights agency said proposed maps of legislative districts “do not measure up to the requirements of the law.” In Pennsylvania, Republican lawmakers complained about an “extreme partisan gerrymander.” And in Virginia,...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News, Uncategorized
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by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News
by Debra Heine Healthcare workers are up in arms over a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emergency guidance that allows healthcare workers who have had “higher risk exposures” to COVID, and even those infected with COVID to return to...
by Admin | Dec 29, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
by Sebastian Hughes Winsome Sears, the Republican lieutenant governor-elect of Virginia, told The New York Times that Democrats are at risk of losing Black and immigrant voters. As an immigrant from Jamaica and the first black woman elected to statewide office...
by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News
by Harry Wilmerding The Nasdaq Composite, a technology-heavy index of publicly-traded companies, is set to underperform the S&P 500 for the first time since 2016, according to CNBC. The S&P 500, a stock market index consisting of the 500 largest...
