by Star News Staff | Jan 21, 2022
– – – Photo “United States District Judge Jeffrey V. Brown” by United States District and Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas.
by Chris Butler | Jan 21, 2022
Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue on Thursday proposed creating what he called an Election Law Enforcement Division that would investigate alleged violations of the state’s election laws. Perdue, in a statement, said Election Law Enforcement Division...
by Eric Burk | Jan 21, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced a COVID action plan aimed at expanding healthcare facilities’ ability to respond to COVID-19 and coping with test shortages. The plan also includes COVID-19 vaccine outreach. Youngkin announced the plan during a stop in...
by Eric Burk | Jan 21, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin is changing the focus of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, created by former Governor Ralph Northam in the wake of his 2019 blackface scandal. Youngkin issued his tenth executive order Wednesday and announced his desire for...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 21, 2022
Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), who is running for U.S. Senate, moved further leftward, opting to attack moderate Senators Krysten Sinema (D-AZ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) for their support of the filibuster. The two Democrats chose to stand up to their party,...
by Bradley Vasoli | Jan 21, 2022
Pennsylvania State Sen. Ryan Aument (R-Lititz) announced Thursday he has introduced a bill to correct errors in the state’s voter record-keeping system. In December 2019, a report by Democratic then-Auditor General Eugene DePasquale detailed a host of problems...
by Chris Butler | Jan 21, 2022
Fulton County commissioners discussed Wednesday whether to extend a contract to the controversial Happy Faces staffing firm, but the discussion irked Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. to such an extent he erupted in a fit of anger. And the longer Arrington...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 21, 2022
Michigan Senator Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City) on Wednesday introduced a bill with the goal of easing the financial burden placed on first responders throughout the state. Senate Bill 821 amends a current law to allow local governments to purchase real or...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 21, 2022
Attorneys for the federal government announced they are withdrawing an appeal in the state of Florida’s fight against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s conditional sailing order. The back-and-forth fight between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R)...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 21, 2022
Governor Tony Evers (D) joined the push to pass Senate Bill 75, to repeal Wisconsin’s 172 year old abortion ban, which will eliminate certain abortion prohibitions and felony charges associated with obtaining an abortion under the old law. The abortion ban law...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 21, 2022
Some of Virginia’s public universities rescinded their vaccine mandates after Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) took office this week and signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day. One of those orders banned vaccine mandates by employers. Now, Virginia...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 21, 2022
A United States appellate court has overturned a lower court’s ruling in the case of a Georgia sheriff. Butts County Sheriff Gary Long in 2018 hung signs in the yards of the county’s 57 registered sex offenders before Halloween, warning parents not...
by Star News Staff | Jan 21, 2022
by Victor Davis Hanson In modern times, as in ancient Rome, several nations have suffered a “systems collapse.” The term describes the sudden inability of once prosperous populations to continue with what had ensured the good life as they knew it. Abruptly, the...
by Star News Staff | Jan 21, 2022
by Star News Staff | Jan 21, 2022
by Andrew Trunsky The Senate late Thursday rejected a Democratic effort to alter the filibuster in order to pass their long-sought voting bills over unanimous Republican opposition, capping one of the most consequential days in the history of the chamber. The...
by Star News Staff | Jan 21, 2022
by The Center Square | Jan 21, 2022
by Bethany Blankley Since March 2021, when Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star (OLS), Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) state troopers have been working around the clock to help defend the southern border. Nine months later, its chief reports a...
by Bethany Bowman | Jan 21, 2022
I attended RomaDrama Live! last year initially because several of the artists I had featured in my column were part of the entertainment. And of course, it was fun to see and meet the popular actors of favorite romance dramas and Hallmark movies. But what I...
by RealClearWire | Jan 21, 2022
by Aaron Maté As he documents the role of Hillary Clinton’s campaign in generating false allegations of Trump-Russia collusion, Special Counsel John Durham has also previewed a challenge to the FBI’s claims about how and why its counterintelligence...
by Star News Staff | Jan 21, 2022
by Laurel Duggan The NCAA changed its policy on transgender athlete participation Wednesday as concern mounted over swimmer Lia Thomas, a biological male, identifying as a woman and immediately dominating the sport. Transgender athletes will need to show...
by Chris Butler | Jan 21, 2022
The Nashville-based pet food Nom Nom has been acquired by Mars Inc. Bloomberg reported this month that Nom Nom will serve as an autonomous brand within Mars’ Royal Canin division. Representatives from both companies declined to discuss terms of the deal with...
