by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 14, 2022
A Tennessee member of the U.S. House of Representatives appeared on Fox News’ “Varney & Co.” with host Stuart Varney to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. An incredulous Varney opened the segment asking Rep. Mark Green (R-TN-07), a...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 14, 2022
Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) both released statements this week after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that inflation in the U.S. had soared to its highest level since 1982 in December of 2021. The Consumer...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 14, 2022
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) secured the passage of his first piece of legislation in the U.S. Senate, since he was sworn in approximately one year ago. The bipartisan bill, which was passed unanimously by the Senate, was cosponsored by Senators Angus King...
by Star News Staff | Jan 14, 2022
by JC Bowman It is back to work for state legislators. The first week of the legislature has been very busy. While criticizing politicians is a national activity and a form of amusement for many, the truth is that most of these folks are good people, working...
by Star News Staff | Jan 14, 2022
by Martha Boneta There’s an old saying that we should invest in land because there’s a limited amount of it, so it won’t lose its value. But when it comes to farmland in the United States, there could be a more pressing reason to invest these days – national...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 14, 2022
At a press conference on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that Panama City has been awarded $20 million for Hurricane Michael Damage. The award will come from the Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Rebuild Florida Mitigation General...
by The Center Square | Jan 14, 2022
by J.D. Davidson The Ohio Redistricting Commission has 10 days to redraw state legislative maps after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday recently drawn maps that favored Republicans did not attempt to avoid party favoritism. The court also retained...
by The Center Square | Jan 14, 2022
by Benjamin Yount There’s another challenge to another coronavirus stimulus program that gives more benefits to non-white families in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) sent a letter to Gov. Tony Evers urging him to change the...
by The Center Square | Jan 14, 2022
by Scott McClallen A report from Auditor General Doug Ringler scheduled for a Monday release is expected to show the state undercounted COVID-19 long-term care deaths. On Wednesday, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff posted on Facebook: “Covid...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 14, 2022
Dave McCormick, a businessman and former Bush administration official, officially launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate. In the Thursday announcement, McCormick entered the crowded GOP primary field that includes almost a dozen Republican candidates....
by Rachel Alexander | Jan 14, 2022
Candidates running for office in Arizona are reporting difficulty collecting signatures online due to a “total breakdown” of Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs’ website, as Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Gaynor described it. Hobbs, a Democrat, is...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 14, 2022
Some members of the Ohio National Guard, part of a group of 1,500 deployed last week to help hospitals handle the Omicron surge of the COVID-19 pandemic will be stationed at Dayton Children’s Hospital’s Springboro campus. According to several reports, the...