by Bradley Vasoli | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
As the School District of Philadelphia labors to make its digital student-information system accord with expanding progressive concepts of gender, a right-leaning nonprofit is urging officials to refocus on academics. In 2016, the district adopted a policy...
by Neil W. McCabe | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
The attorney for Sarah Chambers, the former co-campaign manager for Joseph K. Blystone’s gubernatorial campaign, filed her first request for records in support of her campaign finance complaint against her former campaign under consideration by the Ohio...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jan 10, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Republican National Committee has narrowed the list of potential 2024 presidential nominating convention host cities down to four. According to Politico, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and Nashville have made the final four. Other cities that were...
by Chris Butler | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, News, The South
Members of the Georgia House Republican Caucus have elected State Representative Bonnie Rich (R-Suwanee) as their new House Majority Caucus Chair for the remainder of the 2021-2022 legislative term. Georgia House Republican Caucus members announced the news...
by Eric Burk | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
A week before the inauguration, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares are signaling that challenging President Biden’s vaccine mandates will be an early priority. “After the January 15th inauguration, the...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
The moving company, U-Haul, released its 2021 Growth Index of cities and markets Florida has 10 cities in the report’s top 25. U-Haul explained how it determined the rankings in the report. “Growth cities are calculated by the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 10, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
Arizona gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson hauled in more than $3 million during the previous fundraising quarter, according to a press release from her campaign. The overwhelming majority of the funds, 87 percent, came from residents of the state, as...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 10, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Justice announced Friday that former Selmer, Tennessee Alderman Nickolas Atkins was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for conspiring “to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine.” Atkins’ conviction was...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is studying COVID within the deer population. Tami Ryan, the chief of the DNR’s wildlife health section told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that “Wisconsin officials recently received guidance, funding...
by Star News Staff | Jan 10, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
by Peter Cordi Timothy Gill, an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, tweeted yesterday that he intends to spend the semester “ungrading” and “unteaching” his students. “I want this to be THEIR...
by Chris Butler | Jan 10, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Stands members have announced that they will bring back their Freedom Matters Tour later this month in the Chattanooga area. Organizers have scheduled the event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET, January 18, at The Vineyard at Howe Farms, located at 7600...
by Admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Irit Tratt Last week, a friend phoned to tell me that her child would be unable to make a playdate with my 8-year-old scheduled for the following day. Her son had tested negative for COVID that evening, yet she planned to take him for another PCR test the...
by Admin | Jan 10, 2022 | National, News
by Thomas Catenacci Cecilia Martinez, a member of the White House Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ), announced that she would resign Friday, nearly one year after accepting the role. Martinez explained that she needed rest and wanted to spend more time...
by The Center Square | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
by Mary Stroka A Minnesota resident is suing the Biden administration in a class action lawsuit regarding the president’s executive order mandating employees of federal contractors and subcontractors receive the COVID-19 vaccine. New Civil Liberties Alliance...
by The Center Square | Jan 10, 2022 | National, News
by Joel Williams At the start of 2022, 36.5% (120 million) of Americans lived in a state with a Democratic trifecta, while 41.8% (137 million) lived in a state with a Republican trifecta. The other 71 million Americans lived in a state with a divided...
by Star News Staff | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
by Evan Stambaugh Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is calling on local schools to remain open so that juveniles have far fewer opportunities to engage in carjackings and other crimes. Frey made his plea at a Wednesday press conference with Deputy Chief Amelia...
by Admin | Jan 10, 2022 | National, News
by Ailan Evans U.S. technology company Intel scrubbed all mentions of forced labor in Xinjiang, China, from its letter to suppliers after receiving stiff backlash from China. Intel sent a letter written by vice president Jackie Sturm to suppliers in December...
by The Center Square | Jan 10, 2022 | National, News
by Casey Harper President Joe Biden’s series of controversial federal vaccine mandates faced their first day before the U.S. Supreme Court Friday, and critics are urging the justices to side with personal freedoms over what they call executive branch overreach....
by Admin | Jan 10, 2022 | National, News
by Thomas Catenacci A federal district court judge granted the Biden administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by more than 20 Republican attorneys general challenging the Keystone XL Pipeline’s permit revocation. Judge Jeffrey Brown, of the U.S....
by Admin | Jan 10, 2022 | National, News
by Harry Wilmerding The New York Times Company announced Thursday its agreement to purchase The Athletic, a sports media company, for $550 million. The acquisition will help The New York Times reach its goal of having 10 million subscriptions by...
by The Center Square | Jan 10, 2022 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
by Benjamin Yount Tommy Thompson is leaving the University of Wisconsin to a round of applause and congratulations. Thompson on Friday announced that he is leaving the UW System as interim president in March. “I was honored to be asked by the Board of...
