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Pennsylvania Sales Tax Exempts Many Medical Supplies, But Not COVID Tests; Bill Would Change That

Pennsylvania Sales Tax Exempts Many Medical Supplies, But Not COVID Tests; Bill Would Change That

by Bradley Vasoli | Jan 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast

  Pennsylvania already exempts many medical supplies from its sales tax, but not COVID tests, a discrepancy legislation by Sen. Mario Scavello (R-East Stroudsburg) would eliminate. Scavello’s bill would except rapid at-home COVID-19 antigen tests from the...
Democratic State Senator Morrissey Key to Virginia Republican Legislative Policy Wins, Including Fetal Pain Abortion Ban

Democratic State Senator Morrissey Key to Virginia Republican Legislative Policy Wins, Including Fetal Pain Abortion Ban

by Eric Burk | Jan 3, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

  Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond) is set to be one of the most important legislators in the 2022 General Assembly session. The Virginia Senate has 21 Democrats and 19 Republicans, meaning that with just one Democratic senator swinging on a vote, Lieutenant...
Veterans Group Says Biden Administration Undermining Trump-era ‘Mission Act,’ Hurting Veterans in Arizona

Veterans Group Says Biden Administration Undermining Trump-era ‘Mission Act,’ Hurting Veterans in Arizona

by Rachel Alexander | Jan 3, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West

  Josh Stanwitz, the National Grassroots Liaison at Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) told The Arizona Sun Times that the VA began the “Referral Coordination Initiative” in late 2019 to return veterans to its medical facilities. The VA Mission Act (VAMA),...
Commentary: Securing America’s Border and Communities Is Our Government’s First Duty

Commentary: Securing America’s Border and Communities Is Our Government’s First Duty

by Admin | Jan 3, 2022 | Commentary, News

by A.J. Rice   Remember when President George W. Bush said this? I’ve had a lot of experience with dealing with borders, as the Governor of Texas. I know there’s a compassionate, humane way to deal with this issue. I want to remind people that family values do...
Ohio Senate Candidate JD Vance Slams Biden for ‘Destroying’ Marines with Vaccine Mandate

Ohio Senate Candidate JD Vance Slams Biden for ‘Destroying’ Marines with Vaccine Mandate

by Cooper Moran | Jan 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest

  U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance slammed President Joe Biden for hurting the U.S. Marines with a vaccine mandate for members of the military. Vance, who served as a Marine during the Iraq War, has remained an outspoken critic of “wokeness” within the...
Senator Marsha Blackburn Introduces Resolution to Oppose Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

Senator Marsha Blackburn Introduces Resolution to Oppose Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers

by Cooper Moran | Jan 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

  Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) on Thursday introduced a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. If fully enacted, the resolution...
CDC Recommends Avoiding Cruises, Florida’s Cruise Industry at Risk

CDC Recommends Avoiding Cruises, Florida’s Cruise Industry at Risk

by Grant Holcomb | Jan 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now advising people to avoid going on cruises or cruise ships even if they have received COVID shots. The federal agency made the new recommendations after a recent spike in COVID cases aboard cruise...
Pennsylvania State University Pledges to Continue In-Person Learning

Pennsylvania State University Pledges to Continue In-Person Learning

by Cooper Moran | Jan 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast

  Penn State University (PSU) on Thursday announced that all students and staff members will return to campus and begin the semester on time. Citing mitigation measures that are in currently place, Penn State President Eric Barron pledged to continue in-person...
Recovered Carjacked Vehicle Processing Backed Up Five to Six Weeks, Police Say

Recovered Carjacked Vehicle Processing Backed Up Five to Six Weeks, Police Say

by Hayley Feland | Jan 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest

  The processing for recovered carjacked vehicles is backed up for six to eight weeks, some officers with the Minneapolis Police Department have said. Carjackings are happening across the Twin Cities, spilling out into the suburbs. In Golden Valley, Minnesota,...
Tennessee U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett Suspects Bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. Secretly Pulling Strings to Push Country Toward Socialism

Tennessee U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett Suspects Bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. Secretly Pulling Strings to Push Country Toward Socialism

by Chris Butler | Jan 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

  U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) said late last month that he wonders whether certain aspects of inflation haven’t happened by design, as a means of pushing the United States closer to socialism. Burchett said this on the talk show, Over-Caffeinated....
Analysis: The Top Governor’s Races to Watch This Year

Analysis: The Top Governor’s Races to Watch This Year

by Admin | Jan 3, 2022 | National, News

by Andrew Trunsky   Democrats four years ago rode a blue wave to governors’ mansions across the country, flipping Republican-held seats in the Midwest, Northeast and West alike. Now, however, many of those governors face Republican challengers amid a political...
Democrat-Run States Are Pushing Laws to Target Social Media ‘Misinformation’

Democrat-Run States Are Pushing Laws to Target Social Media ‘Misinformation’

by Admin | Jan 3, 2022 | National, News

by Ailan Evans   Democratic state lawmakers are proposing laws to curb “misinformation” on social media sites and other online platforms, mirroring efforts by Democrats in Congress. New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman announced a bill on Monday aimed at reducing the...
New Law Empowers Tennessee Teachers to Remove Disorderly Students

New Law Empowers Tennessee Teachers to Remove Disorderly Students

by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

  A new law allowing teachers to discipline students in school is set to take effect as students return to class in the new year. The bill was originally introduced in December of 2020 and was passed in April of 2021; sponsors for the bill were Representative...
Campus Reform Calls Out Georgia State University for Bias Reporting Tools

Campus Reform Calls Out Georgia State University for Bias Reporting Tools

by Chris Butler | Jan 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South

  The Virginia-based Campus Reform late last week called out the Atlanta-based Georgia State University (GSU) for using bias reporting tools that enable students, faculty, and staff to report on one another for alleged acts of discrimination. Campus Reform,...
Data From Around the World – Including Antarctica – Show Omicron Favoring the Fully Vaccinated

Data From Around the World – Including Antarctica – Show Omicron Favoring the Fully Vaccinated

by Admin | Jan 3, 2022 | National, News

by Debra Heine   The coronavirus has reached remote Antarctica, striking most of the 25 Belgian staffers at a research station, despite all of them being fully vaccinated, passing multiple PCR tests, and quarantining before arrival. Two thirds of the researchers...
Progressive Dems Pressure Biden to Pass Build Back Better Using Executive Authority

Progressive Dems Pressure Biden to Pass Build Back Better Using Executive Authority

by Admin | Jan 3, 2022 | National, News

by Debra Heine   Left-wing Democrats are pressuring Joe Biden to bypass Congress and pass his $1.75 trillion Build Back Better package by executive fiat, Newsmax reported. Without Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-W.V.) vote, Biden’s bloated social spending plan is dead...
Tennessee Lawmaker Proposes a Return to Voting Without Ballot-Marking Machines

Tennessee Lawmaker Proposes a Return to Voting Without Ballot-Marking Machines

by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

  Tennessee Representative Bruce Griffey (R-District 75) introduced a new bill aimed to protect election safety in Tennessee by eliminating the use of ballot-marking voting machines, and instead, requiring voters to use “hand-marked paper ballots.”...
Border Patrol Agents Seize Record Amount of Drugs in November, Apprehensions Also Increase

Border Patrol Agents Seize Record Amount of Drugs in November, Apprehensions Also Increase

by The Center Square | Jan 3, 2022 | National, News

by Bethany Blankley   U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers apprehended more people in November than October and confiscated a record amount of drugs last month, according to its latest operational report. In November at the southern border, encounters with...
Alaska GOP Governor Secures Trump Endorsement Through ‘Non-Endorsement’ of Murkowski Reelection Bid

Alaska GOP Governor Secures Trump Endorsement Through ‘Non-Endorsement’ of Murkowski Reelection Bid

by Admin | Jan 3, 2022 | National, News

– – – Photo “Mike Dunleavy” by Alaska Governor’s Office CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tennessee Lawmaker Concerned New School Funding Formula Could Lead to ‘Administrative Bloat’

Tennessee Lawmaker Concerned New School Funding Formula Could Lead to ‘Administrative Bloat’

by The Center Square | Jan 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

by Jon Styf   As Tennessee officials get closer to presenting a new state funding proposal for K-12 public education, at least one state senator is concerned about the costs of record-keeping in the new plan. “The way the bill is going to read, the state is going...
Memphis Man Arrested in Case of Vulnerable Adult Abuse

Memphis Man Arrested in Case of Vulnerable Adult Abuse

by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced this week that an arrest was made in a vulnerable adult abuse case. The TBI had been investigating Memphis resident Terence Gray since November 12 after receiving tips alleging potential wrongdoing from the...
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