by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 29, 2022
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee sent off approximately 50 Tennessee Guard personnel to support the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Safety on Wednesday. The Tennessee Star previously reported that Lee authorized additional Tennessee National Guard...
by The Center Square | Jan 29, 2022
by Scott McClallen Julianne Pastula, the general counsel of record for Michigan’s Independent Citizen’s Redistricting Committee (MICRC) resigned Wednesday night amid lawsuits over proposed maps. The Detroit Free Press first reported the story, which was...
by The Center Square | Jan 29, 2022
by Brent Addleman The state’s Supreme Court has until Feb. 15 to render a decision on how Connecticut’s congressional district maps will be drawn. The court heard arguments Thursday from attorneys representing Republican and Democratic members of the...
by Eric Burk | Jan 29, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin has a 44 percent favorable, 42 percent unfavorable rating, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling (PPP) conducted about a week-and-a-half into the new administration. However, only 44 percent of respondents approved of...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 29, 2022
A new poll shows Arizona GOP gubernatorial contender Kari Lake remains the Republican frontrunner, but her opponents are gaining ground. According to the analysis from OH Predictive Insights (OHPI), Lake’s poll numbers have not shown...
by Star News Staff | Jan 29, 2022
by Debra Heine The Biden administration is planning to recommend the experimental mRNA vaccines for babies as young as six months old, despite alarming safety signals and concerns that mass vaccination is making the pandemic worse. White House chief medical...
by Star News Staff | Jan 29, 2022
by Laurel Duggan A female swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania said the school brushed off her and her teammates’ concerns about sharing locker rooms with a male swimmer, the Daily Mail reported. She and her teammates felt uncomfortable sharing locker...
by The Center Square | Jan 29, 2022
by Joe Mueller Legislators are considering changes to Missouri’s teacher and non-certified school employee pension plans to alleviate pandemic-related teacher and staff shortages. HB2114, sponsored by Rep. Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe, will reduce restrictions on...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 29, 2022
Virginia’s attorney general released a legal opinion Friday saying that under Virginia law, vaccine mandates for college students are illegal. “Absent specific authority conferred by the General Assembly, public institutions of higher education in...
by The Center Square | Jan 29, 2022
by Mary Stroka Iowa schools must require masking when necessary as a reasonable accommodation for students with disabilities, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis ruled Tuesday. The court cited the Rehabilitation Act Section 504 in its...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 29, 2022
Florida TaxWatch, a non-profit taxpayer research think tank based in Tallahassee, Florida, predicted in one of its latest reports that the runaway inflation facing the United States could subsist by the end of 2022. “Yet even with inflation reports signaling...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 29, 2022
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Thursday released his plan to spend the $2.9 billion surplus the state has due to increased tax revenue and federal coronavirus relief funds. The Democrat takes $1.7 billion to distribute directly to residents of the state...