by Chris Butler | Jan 28, 2022
Nine law enforcement officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man Thursday afternoon on I-65 northbound, near Harding Place. Members of the Nashville Metro Police Department (MNPD) did not release the man’s name Thursday, pending next of kin notification....
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jan 28, 2022
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) has endorsed Robby Starbuck in the race for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. This comes after President Trump’s strong encouragement and offered endorsement for the potential candidacy of...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 28, 2022
California-based financial company PennyMac will open a new location in Franklin, according to a release from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD). The company will invest approximately $3.9 million in the new area and create...
by Star News Staff | Jan 28, 2022
by Laurel Duggan Numerous media outlets reported Thursday that a Tennessee school banned a famous graphic novel about the Holocaust. The school voted to replace “Maus,” by Art Spiegelman, an illustrated book about a Holocaust survivor’s experience which was...
by The Center Square | Jan 28, 2022
by Scott McClallen The Michigan House approved a range of bills that aim to reform the embattled Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) that has mishandled at least $8.5 billion since March 2020. When the UIA acknowledged losing $4 billion of taxpayer money, it...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 28, 2022
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci pledged to end mask mandates on his first day as governor, if he were to be elected. In order to accomplish the goal, the Republican contender explained that he would sign an executive order to give parents the power to...
by Hayley Feland | Jan 28, 2022
According to a restaurant database called Open Table, seated dining in Minneapolis is down 76 percent since 2019. As of Monday, the database said dining rates were only down 67%, but it dropped another nine percent on Tuesday. The data followed a positive tweet...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 28, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Thursday that he held a roundtable discussion with doctors and patients who recently received monoclonal antibody treatments. The point of the roundtable was to highlight the treatment’s effectiveness after the federal...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 28, 2022
Republican Kevin Nicholson, a businessman and former Marine, on Thursday launched his Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign. Nicholson unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in 2018, being defeated by former State Sen. Leah Vukmir in the Republican primary. “Our...
by The Center Square | Jan 28, 2022
by Nyamekye Daniel A bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers is sponsoring a bill to create a new state-funded scholarship program that would allow parents to select education options for their children. House Bill 999, dubbed the Georgia Educational Freedom Act,...
by The Center Square | Jan 28, 2022
by J.D. Davidson Several groups filed objections to the Ohio Redistricting Commission’s second attempt at redrawing state legislative maps, saying the commission failed to live up to reforms passed in 2018 and orders from the Ohio Supreme Court. An 11:59 p.m....
by The Center Square | Jan 28, 2022
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin is the latest state to go on the record in asking for a convention to change the U.S. Constitution. The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for a Convention of the States. “Thank goodness our Constitution...
by Eric Burk | Jan 28, 2022
RICHMOND, Virginia — The Senate Education and Health Public Education Subcommittee recommended blocking two bills from Senator Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia Beach): SB 766 which would ban transgender girls from playing girls’ sports, and SB 570, which...
