by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022
by Eric Burk | Jan 24, 2022
Delegate Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) has introduced a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks in most circumstances, a threshold based on when the unborn are believed to feel pain. “We’re actually making sure that it’s understood that this is about...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jan 24, 2022
Two Tennessee Republican legislators have filed companion bills banning biological males from competing in women’s collegiate sports. State Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald-SD28) and Representative John Ragan (R-Oak Ridge-HD33) filed SB1862 and HB1894 on...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 24, 2022
Metro Nashville Schools must pay a former student $75,000, Judge Aleta A. Trauger ordered recently. The court’s decision stems from a 2017 lawsuit filed by the mother of a then-15 year old girl, referred to as “S.C.,” who was allegedly raped...
by Bethany Bowman | Jan 24, 2022
Even though Noah Guthrie played Roderick on Season 6 of Glee in 2015, making music has always been his aspiration. As a very young child, the South Carolina native grew up going to recording studios with his dad and step-mom who were both background singers. “I...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 24, 2022
Safety concerns remain an issue for students at the Ohio State University (OSU), despite increased funding for security measures across the campus. Two individuals were arrested after a stabbing occurred in a parking garage on the campus of OSU. According to...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 24, 2022
The Department of Justice announced last week that Mark Daniel Allen, a former Tennessee clinic owner, was sentenced to 14 years in prison “followed by three years of supervised release” for the illegal distribution of opioids. According to court...
by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding Numerous states have seen their state revenue surge in 2021 fueled by a robust stock market, growing income, federal aid, and increased tax revenue, The Wall Street Journal reported. States’ revenue soared 24% between April and November from...
by Neil W. McCabe | Jan 24, 2022
Baltimore’s archbishop, who Thursday celebrated Annual Pro-life Vigil Mass at Washington’s National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, while Catholics for Choice projecting pro-abortion messages upon the church’s façade, gave his reaction to The Star News...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 24, 2022
A man from Smyrna, Tennessee was charged with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud, the US Attorney’s office for Middle Tennessee said in a Friday statement. Shawn Palmer, who is the sole owner of Palmers Transportation, Inc. applied for and received a...
by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022
by Roger Kimball It’s not often that I agree with Joe Biden, but he said something in his nasty, brutish, and long press conference last week with which, if properly understood, I agree. Don’t get me wrong. The press conference as a whole was a “total...
by The Center Square | Jan 24, 2022
by J.D. Davidson A northeast Ohio high school guidance counselor who wanted to choose her own attorney in a dispute with her school system has appealed a lower court ruling she had to accept union representation. Barbara Kolkowski, a counselor in the Ashtabula...
by The Center Square | Jan 24, 2022
by Jon Styf Tennessee collected $3.3 million in taxes from the $340 million in bets placed at Tennessee’s sportsbooks in December, according to Tennessee data acquired by PlayTenn. December was the third-highest month for amount of bets placed since betting...
by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding Orange juice prices are expected to soar in 2022 after inclement weather and citrus disease constrained the supply of oranges in the U.S. while demand surged during the pandemic, CNN Business reported. Frozen orange juice futures climbed...
by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022

by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022
by Eric Lendrum On Thursday, the food company Mars Incorporated announced in a press release that it will soon be redesigning the iconic animated mascots of the candy M&M’s, as part of a “global commitment to creating a world where everyone feels they...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 24, 2022
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) charged a Bristol man, Alan Coulter, with two counts of Attempted First Degree Murder for his role in a shooting that injured a police officer with the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office. In addition to the charges of...
by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022
by Jeffrey Lord The event? The Lawrence County Republican Party of Pennsylvania holding not one but two debates last week. The first for candidates running for an open U.S. Senate seat, the second for GOP candidates for governor of Pennsylvania, the latter an...
by Bradley Vasoli | Jan 24, 2022
Pennsylvania’s Republican-led state Senate and Gov. Tom Wolf (D) must approve a congressional map Monday in order to meet a deadline set by the Pennsylvania Department of State. Last summer, then-Secretary of the Commonwealth Veronica Degraffenried (D)...
by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022
 – – – Photo “Jake Corman” by Jake Corman. Photo “Larry Krasner” by DA Larry Krasner. Background Photo “Pennsylvania State Capitol” by Kumar Appaiah. CC BY-SA 2.0. ...
by Star News Staff | Jan 24, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding Soaring fertilizer prices across the globe have impacted farmers making it more expensive to produce food and forcing them to cut back on production, The Wall Street Journal reported. Diammonium phosphate, or DAP, a common component of...
