by Chris Butler | Dec 30, 2021 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, up for reelection next year, released a campaign ad on Wednesday and told voters he has done everything he said he would do during his first term. Two Republicans running against Kemp said Wednesday that the incumbent governor has...
by Grant Holcomb | Dec 30, 2021 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra saying the Biden administration is “actively preventing” the shipments on Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatments to...
by Cooper Moran | Dec 30, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
The Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday approved the final version of congressional and legislative maps that will enact political boundaries for the next decade. The process allowed for the judicial branch to determine the districts after the Virginia...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 30, 2021 | Georgia, News, Tennessee, The South
Two suspects in separate murders in Georgia were arrested in Tennessee Monday, according to reports. “The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said 29-year-old Alyssa Danielle Wild of East Dublin, Georgia was pulled over in Franklin,” according to WTVC....
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Dec 30, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
Visit Music City announced that in order to gain entry to the Jack Daniel’s New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash! festivities Friday night, proof of either a negative COVID test or vaccination will be required. Officials were careful to...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Dec 30, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
District Attorney Brent Cooper announced that a year and a half long task force investigation in conjunction with the DEA Nashville office, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and the Columbia Police Department resulted in the disruption of a fentanyl drug...
by Rachel Alexander | Dec 30, 2021 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
This past year, the Arizona Legislature passed a law banning the abortion of babies for reasons of genetic abnormalities such as Down Syndrome, but a federal judge who was appointed by President Barack Obama halted it from going into effect due to a legal...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Josiah Lippincott In 1972, three black men, Melvin Cale, Louis Moore, and Henry D. Jackson, Jr., hijacked Southern Airways Flight 49, demanding $10 million and safe passage to Cuba. The hijacking lasted nearly 30 hours and involved multiple stops throughout...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 30, 2021 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
In a proposed shift towards what it calls more “equitable” grading practices, the Arlington School Board wants to make several massive changes to the way student achievement is measured. The changes would include removing due dates and eliminating...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2021 | National, News
by Harry Wilmerding Over half of the states in the U.S. will institute a minimum wage increase in 2022, according to a report. A total of 26 states will raise the minimum wage in 2022, with 22 of the states starting the pay hikes on Jan. 1, accordingto payroll...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2021 | National, News
by Thomas Catenacci The price of gasoline is set to increase to $4 per gallon or more within five months, according to an industry analysis released Tuesday. The gas price surge is forecasted to take place by Memorial Day in late May, according to the report...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2021 | National, News
by Eric Lendrum Homeless encampments have begun cropping up near schools throughout the city of Los Angeles, even despite a citywide ban on any such encampments near public areas, as reported by the Epoch Times. The Los Angeles City Council had previously...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2021 | National, News
by Logan Washburn After a Chinese student at Purdue University spoke out against the Chinese Communist Party, fellow Chinese students at the American school allegedly threatened to report him to China for espionage. Zhihao Kong told ProPublica that after he...
by The Center Square | Dec 30, 2021 | National, News
by Mary Stroka Iowa Department of Public Health is conducting interviews for the state medical director and epidemiologist position vacated last October by Dr. Caitlin Pedati. DPH Public Information Officer Sarah Ekstrand told The Center Square in an emailed...
by Star News Staff | Dec 30, 2021 | National, News, Uncategorized
– – – Photo “Ghislaine Maxwell FBI Briefing” by USAOSDNY.
by Cooper Moran | Dec 30, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Department of Justice (DOJ) selected Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) as a recipient of a grant from the STOP School Violence Program. The funds, totaling $990,927, are aimed to advance school safety by instituting safety measures in and around primary...
by RealClearWire | Dec 30, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Ross Pomeroy Just as it did last year, the most dangerous pandemic in a century spawned all sorts of junk science in 2021, running the gamut from pure quackery to ideology-fueled misinformation. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to spot junk science,...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Dec 30, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
A prominent doctor who has often challenged government and media narratives about the COVID-19 vaccines has been permanently banned from Twitter. Dr. Robert Malone played a key role in the invention of the mRNA vaccine, the type of vaccine that is being...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2021 | Commentary, News
by Tim Graham Despite the triumph of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, liberal celebrities didn’t get much happier in 2021. It began with Donald Trump refusing to concede that he lost the presidential election. A year ago, one actor engaged in violent...
by Admin | Dec 30, 2021 | National, News
- – – Photo “Mosque” by R Prazeres CC BY-SA 4.0.
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Dec 30, 2021 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Dole Company announced a recall last week on specific products due to possible listeria contamination. Many variations of Dole’s bagged salads that were processed in Bessemer City, North Carolina, and Yuma, Arizona, were found contaminated with...