by Star News Staff | Jan 17, 2022 | National, News
by Cooper Moran | Jan 17, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
Ohio Auditor Keith Faber released a report on Thursday, detailing that the state dished out approximately $118 million in unapproved payments to prisoners in the state and deceased individuals. Over a three-year period, $101 million was sent to incarcerated...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 17, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
The Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, a division within the Georgia Attorney General’s office, indicted four Fulton County individuals on multiple trafficking and cruelty to children charges. Two individuals, Raphel Olivia Sewer and Jody Netter, were...
by Admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Roger Kimball I almost feel sorry for Joe Biden. The emphasis, I hasten to add, is on the adverb. Perhaps, if he didn’t make me feel thoroughly sorry for the United States of America, my sympathy for him would be unalloyed. But even many in Biden’s own party...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 17, 2022 | Battleground States, The Great Lakes, Wisconsin
Wisconsin legislators are proposing making May “Law Enforcement Appreciation Month.” The resolution was introduced on Friday and is written and co-sponsored by over three dozen lawmakers in both the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly. Law Enforcement...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 17, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Great Lakes
A Rochester man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the May 2020 arson of a pawn shop that led to the death of a man. According to court documents, on May 28, 2020, in the riots that followed the death of George Floyd, Montez Terriel Lee, along with other...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 17, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last week said he disagreed with former President Donald Trump’s (R) decisions to shut down the economy in the early stages of the COVID pandemic. The latest comments from the governor indicate a growing split between DeSantis and...
by Admin | Jan 17, 2022 | National, News
by Eric Lendrum Over the last decade, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) spent $1.1 billion on various projects that attempted to reduce carbon emissions through the practice of carbon capture and storage (CCS), only for the vast majority of these...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 17, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
This week, the Florida House Professions & Public Health Subcommittee will take up a piece of legislation that could ban abortions in Florida after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill, HB 5, is sponsored by Florida State. Rep. Erin Grall (R-FL-54). The bill is...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 17, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Governor Bill Lee’s office announced Friday that the Biden administration has qualified twelve counties to receive Major Disaster Declaration relief after a tornado-producing storm front tore through the state in early December. “I appreciate the hard...
by Admin | Jan 17, 2022 | National, News
by Fred Lucas More than 40 House Republicans are calling for the ouster of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona after a report of his apparent role in a national schools group’s calling some concerned parents “domestic terrorists,” while 24 GOP senators are...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 17, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration announced Friday that revenues for December 2021 were higher than expected and exceeded the monthly revenues from the previous year. On an accrual basis, December is the fifth month in the 2021-2022 fiscal...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jan 17, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Metro Nashville Council has posted the agenda for the next meeting, which takes place on January 18. Included in the agenda are board appointments, settlements for property damages, approval of grant applications, zoning, and other expenditures totaling...
by Admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Commentary, News, port
by Ambassador Callista L. Gingrich and Speaker Newt Gingrich, Gingrich 360 Given the Biden administration’s recent effort to prioritize COVID-19 treatments based on race, it is more important than ever that we remember – and practice – the teachings of Reverend...
by The Center Square | Jan 17, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Great Lakes
by Mary Stroka Families who get their child in the 5- to 11-year-old age group vaccinated for COVID-19 are eligible for a new round of $200 incentives, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday. Families will receive one $200 VISA gift card per child who...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 17, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will accept applications beginning Monday, January 17 for grants from the state’s Tire Environmental Act Program (TEAP), according to a Friday press release by the department. The grants are to...
by Admin | Jan 17, 2022 | National, News
by Kendall Tietz Students across the U.S. are planning school walkouts in protest of in-person learning as COVID-19 cases spike amid the rise of the Omicron coronavirus variant. There are nearly 3,500 schools actively disrupted as of Friday, according to...
by Admin | Jan 17, 2022 | National, News
by Admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Kate Hirzel When students, faculty, and university administrations pull down statues on campus in an effort to censor history, they are engaging in the same authoritarian politics that characterize China’s control over Hong Kong. Within 48 hours, Hong Kong...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 17, 2022 | Battleground States, The Great Lakes, Wisconsin
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) responded to the recent spike in inflation, calling it a “tax on the middle class.” Johnson said in an interview with Fox News that “Biden and the Democrats have spent trillions to pay people to sit at home and not work.” This 7%...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 17, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The popular restaurant chain, Texas Roadhouse, is opening a new location in Powell, Tennessee this year and will employ 230 workers. The chain is best known for its steaks, ribs, and fresh-baked rolls with garlic butter. The new location in north-west Knoxville...
