by Star News Staff | Jan 19, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding Microsoft agreed to purchase video game giant Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion, its largest acquisition in company history, multiple sources reported. Microsoft announced Tuesday that it agreed to purchase Activision Blizzard in an...
by Chris Butler | Jan 19, 2022
Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11), during a speech late last week about Democrats’ attempts to pass a federal takeover of elections, said that the party wants to create “a homogenous society that is easily controlled.” Loudermilk said this on the floor...
by Star News Staff | Jan 19, 2022
by Julie Kelly The media went wild last week after Joe Biden’s Justice Department finally produced a criminal indictment to support the claim that January 6 was an “insurrection” planned by militiamen loyal to Donald Trump: Eleven members of the Oath Keepers,...
by Star News Staff | Jan 19, 2022
by Laurel Duggan Democrats were more than twice as likely as other voters to favor harsh government restrictions being placed on unvaccinated people’s lives, ranging from fines to loss of child custody, according to a recent poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports...
by Star News Staff | Jan 19, 2022
by Pedro Gonzalez It’s no secret that the Democratic Party has arrayed itself on the side of crime and criminals. But the GOP, for all its chest-thumping about law and order, has done little to help and, in some instances, actually sided with the forces of...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 19, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Senator Bill Hagerty toured the Lipman Brothers warehouse Tuesday morning. Haggerty and his team walked with CEO Robert Lipman and COO Lowell Goldman through the facility, where Lipman and Hagerty discussed the problems the company...
by Star News Staff | Jan 19, 2022
by Mckenna Dallmeyer ’22 Wealthy individuals in America often provide scholarships for college students. However, some of these scholarships are only for members of specified races. Campus Reform has compiled a list of the colleges that have received...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 19, 2022
Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) reacted on Monday to a viral video making its rounds on social media showing a part-owner of an NBA team saying “nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs” in China. The Biden administration...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jan 19, 2022
The proposed new congressional redistricting plans have been voted out of their respective committees and are heading to the Senate and House floors. Ultimate passage is considered likely. The Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Tuesday to recommend...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jan 19, 2022
Metro Nashville Council had their Tuesday meeting where they passed a resolution urging the General Assembly to reject the proposed congressional maps that split Nashville amongst three congressional districts. Council members also considered issues like...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 19, 2022
Melissa Goodwin, a Nashville woman who was a top executive at the T.J. Martell Foundation for Cancer Research, allegedly embezzled almost $4 million, according to a release from the Department of Justice. The foundation receives in-kind donations from...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jan 19, 2022
Wesley Somers, aged 26, of Hendersonville was supposed to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court for his role in the Nashville courthouse fire but the sentencing has been delayed for a second time. Somers was originally supposed to be sentenced on December 1st,...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 19, 2022
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced Tuesday that a total of $1 million in grants will be made available to the over 500 volunteer fire departments across the state for the purchase of firefighting equipment. The TDCI and...
by Chris Butler | Jan 19, 2022
Members of The Tennessee Trucking Association are scheduled to deliver a presentation before the State Senate Transportation and Safety Committee on Wednesday morning. Staff for various members of the committee, including Chair Becky Duncan Massey (R-Knoxville)...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 19, 2022
A local group called The Exodus Minnesota is hosting an alternative education expo. The Exodus is run by five black moms who want to show other families in the Twin Cities the benefits to alternative education. The website explains that the group believes...
by The Center Square | Jan 19, 2022
by Mary Stroka Several career-focused educational grants and funding opportunities were announced last week for Iowa institutions. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced funding initiatives in her 2022 Condition of the State Address, including the first-in-the nation...
by The Center Square | Jan 19, 2022
by Joe Mueller If criticism of two Republican members of the Missouri House of Representatives is any indication, a bill to ban critical race theory (CRT) will face challenges. More than a thousand people filed digital testimony forms on the bill and the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 19, 2022
Clothing brand Carhartt, which primarily makes outdoor work clothes, caused a firestorm when a leaked email from its CEO saying that the company’s vaccine mandate would remain in place was circulated online. Carhartt CEO Matt Valade’s email, sent...
