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Arizona Gov. Ducey Fails to Join Governors Fighting Back Against Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine for Their National Guard

Arizona Gov. Ducey Fails to Join Governors Fighting Back Against Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine for Their National Guard

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...
Part-Time Athens-Clarke County Commissioners Want to More Than Double Their Salaries

Part-Time Athens-Clarke County Commissioners Want to More Than Double Their Salaries

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...
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Celebrates Granting More Pardons Than ‘Any Governor in Contemporary History’

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Celebrates Granting More Pardons Than ‘Any Governor in Contemporary History’

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...
Governor Whitmer Signs Bill to Address Michigan Substitute Teacher Shortage

Governor Whitmer Signs Bill to Address Michigan Substitute Teacher Shortage

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...
Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Renacci Slams Level of Government Spending Under DeWine

Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Renacci Slams Level of Government Spending Under DeWine

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...
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Suggests in Lawsuit Response That Court Should Draw Congressional Districts

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Suggests in Lawsuit Response That Court Should Draw Congressional Districts

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...
Illegal Alien Charged with Teen’s Abduction in Virginia

Illegal Alien Charged with Teen’s Abduction in Virginia

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....
Nikki Fried Embraces LGBTQ Issues, Equality Florida Responds with ‘Highest Honor’

Nikki Fried Embraces LGBTQ Issues, Equality Florida Responds with ‘Highest Honor’

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...
Two Minnesota Colleges Requiring Booster Shots for Spring Semester

Two Minnesota Colleges Requiring Booster Shots for Spring Semester

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...
Commentary: The DOJ’s Whitmer ‘Kidnapping’ Case Faces Uncertain Future

Commentary: The DOJ’s Whitmer ‘Kidnapping’ Case Faces Uncertain Future

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...
Ivy League Researcher Hits Brick Wall with Medical Journals on COVID Vaccine Death Study

Ivy League Researcher Hits Brick Wall with Medical Journals on COVID Vaccine Death Study

by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News

 – – – Photo “Spiro Pantazatos” by Columbia University. 
CDC Shortens Isolation Window for Positive COVID-19 Result to Five Days

CDC Shortens Isolation Window for Positive COVID-19 Result to Five Days

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...
Commentary: Joe Biden’s Top 10 Lies of 2021

Commentary: Joe Biden’s Top 10 Lies of 2021

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...
Commentary: ‘Roots,’ ‘Dreams,’ and the Unequal Punishment of Fraud

Commentary: ‘Roots,’ ‘Dreams,’ and the Unequal Punishment of Fraud

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...
Harry Reid, Former Democrat Senate Leader, Dead at 82

Harry Reid, Former Democrat Senate Leader, Dead at 82

by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News, Uncategorized

   – – – Photo “Harry Reid” by Senate Democrats. CC BY 2.0.          
Iowa Farmers Prepare for California’s Prop 12

Iowa Farmers Prepare for California’s Prop 12

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...
Analysis: States Where Unelected Bureaucrats Took over Redistricting Experienced Difficulties

Analysis: States Where Unelected Bureaucrats Took over Redistricting Experienced Difficulties

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,...

Football Legend John Madden Dies Unexpectedly at 85

by Star News Staff | Dec 29, 2021 | National, News, Uncategorized

   – – – Photo “John Madden” by NFL.          
Nurses Blast New CDC Emergency Guidance That Allows Healthcare Workers Infected with COVID to Return to Work

Nurses Blast New CDC Emergency Guidance That Allows Healthcare Workers Infected with COVID to Return to Work

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...
‘Who Better to Help Make That Change But Me?’: Virginia Lieutenant Governor-Elect Winsome Sears Says Democrats Are Losing Grip on Two Key Demographics

‘Who Better to Help Make That Change But Me?’: Virginia Lieutenant Governor-Elect Winsome Sears Says Democrats Are Losing Grip on Two Key Demographics

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...
Nasdaq Expected to Underperform the S&P 500 for First Time in over Five Years

Nasdaq Expected to Underperform the S&P 500 for First Time in over Five Years

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...
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