by Chris Butler | Jan 30, 2022
Staff at the Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) are teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Marxism to their Advanced Placement language and research combination classes. This, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Action, a right-of-center...
by Rachel Alexander | Jan 30, 2022
President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates have been running into trouble in the courts, with the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the mandate for large businesses, and several judges stopping his mandate for federal contractors. The latest one to do so is...
by Eric Burk | Jan 30, 2022
The Senate Judiciary Committee killed a bill that would have expanded the power of the Office of the Attorney General to conduct its own criminal prosecutions if requested by local law enforcement. The bill was on Attorney General Jason Miyares’ wishlist...
by Grant Holcomb | Jan 30, 2022
Florida State Sen. Jim Boyd (R-District 21) sponsored legislation that would crack down on organized retail theft, but included a provision that would have legalized theft of food items so long as the thief consumed the food. Critics of the legislation quickly...
by RealClearWire | Jan 30, 2022
by Rupert Darwall Judged by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s latest letter, January 2022 might turn out to be the highwater mark of woke capitalism. Stakeholder capitalism is not “woke,” Fink says, because capitalism is driven by mutually beneficial relationships...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2022
by Bethany Blankley Eight states are suing the Biden administration claiming it is abusing an Obama-era immigration program that allows minors who entered the U.S. illegally to seek to bring in family members from their home countries. The lawsuit alleges...
by Star News Staff | Jan 30, 2022
by Mark Bauerlein In Fall 2017, the president of Wesleyan University, Michael Roth, invited me to speak as part of a “difficult conversations” initiative. Wesleyan is a determinedly left-wing campus, and Roth saw the occasional conservative visitor as good for...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2022
by Casey Harper Yet another key inflation marker has hit its highest rate in decades, newly released federal economic data show. The personal consumer index, a key marker of inflation, rose about half a percent in December, adding to a total 5.8% increase in...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2022
by J.D. Davidson Ohio government leaders say nearly $2 billion in incentives and tax breaks given to Intel to build a $20 billion manufacturing facility outside of Columbus will come back to benefit the state. Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2022
by Jon Styf A Tennessee Comptroller Office’s annual financial report of Haywood County had nine findings of deficiency for the second consecutive year. Four of the findings in the report were a repeat of last year’s audit, which had found five of the nine...
by Morgan Nicole Veysey | Jan 30, 2022
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) is warning Tennesseans of identity theft ahead of Identity Theft Awareness Week. Starting Monday, the week will include events to help spread awareness on the various forms of online theft, and how to...
by Chris Butler | Jan 30, 2022
Two members of Tennessee’s Joint Study Committee on Refugee Issues said this week that, try as they might, state officials can’t do much to regulate or control how the federal government handles refugees within the state. “The conservatives on the committee are...
by Cooper Moran | Jan 30, 2022
Congressman Mark Green, who traveled to Ukraine with other members of Congress, urged a diplomatic resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict that included Russia threatening an invasion. While speaking at a meeting in Kyiv, the Tennessee lawmaker issued a stark...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2022
by Mary Stroka Many Minnesota schools are struggling to find substitute teachers. State Sen. and gubernatorial candidate Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, on Friday posted on her campaign website her proposed changes to substitute teacher license regulations, which...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jan 30, 2022
A Democrat Farm-Labor Party (DFL) member of the Minnesota House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would give private citizens power to oversee the police, and punish them for wrongdoing. “[Police Officer Standards and Training Board] (POST)...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2022
by Kimberly James Gun sales reached a five-year high in Connecticut in 2021, the year that the FBI saw the second-highest number of recorded background checks. According to Mark Oliva, director of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation,...