by Star News Staff | Feb 2, 2022
by Conrad Black The crisis on the Russian-Ukrainian border has been a surreal spectacle for some weeks. This is not how invasions occur and wars begin. The potential aggressor does not mass large forces on the border of a possible target country before full...
by Star News Staff | Feb 2, 2022
by Eric Lendrum Former President George W. Bush’s most recent donations to Republican candidates included maximum contributions to the campaigns of two Republicans who voted in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump. Politico reports that the only donations...
by Eric Burk | Feb 2, 2022
RICHMOND, Virginia – The House of Delegates passed a bill significantly rewriting a section of Virginia law that handles crimes committed on school property and how officials report those offenses to law enforcement and parents. On Tuesday, eight...
by Star News Staff | Feb 2, 2022
by Eric Lendrum On Monday, the office of the Inspector General at the National Security Agency (NSA) released a report showing that the agency failed to follow basic internal guidelines and court-ordered procedures in its surveillance of American citizens’...
by Star News Staff | Feb 2, 2022
by James D. Agresti Allegations that “masks work” and “don’t cause harm” have been enforced by governments and corporations around the world for more than 18 months through arrests, firings, censorship, fines, and denial of access to schools, supermarkets,...
by The Center Square | Feb 2, 2022
by Casey Harper The cost of living is skyrocketing in certain “migration destination” cities where those fleeing mostly blue states are landing, according to a newly released report. Redfin released the analysis, which shows that cities like Atlanta, Phoenix...
by Star News Staff | Feb 2, 2022
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by Chris Butler | Feb 2, 2022
Tennessee Deputy Attorney General Janet Kleinfelter argued in court last week that reports that a government-hired consultant filed regarding COVID-19 should remain exempt from the public. This, according to a new column that The Tennessee Coalition for Open...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 2, 2022
A Tennessee legislator has filed a bill prohibiting local education associations (LEA) or public charter schools from doing business with entities that perform abortions. This is the latest pro-life bill to be proposed during the current Tennessee General...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 2, 2022
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), in conjunction with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), asked the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to enhance export controls on a semiconductor producer in China. According to the duo, the producer, Semiconductor Manufacturing...
by Star News Staff | Feb 2, 2022
Dear Tennessee Star, Robby Starbuck is quoted as saying, “Party chairs in Davidson and Williamson have had my voter history from CA and TN for a long time. They’ve had zero issue with it. It’s been sent to the Wilson County GOP chair recently too. I...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 2, 2022
Doubt continues to be cast up Robby Starbuck’s claims about his Republican primary voting record. On multiple occasions, Starbuck claimed that he voted in the August of 2020 and March of 2020 Tennessee Republican primaries. Records provided by Williamson...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 2, 2022
The Metro Nashville Council passed a resolution requesting that Metro Nashville employees undergo implicit bias training at its Tuesday meeting. A late resolution was filed by councilmembers Joy Styles, Sandra Sepulveda, Jennifer Gamble, and Brandon Taylor. It...
by The Center Square | Feb 2, 2022
by Benjamin Yount Local election managers across Wisconsin are being told to fill in missing information – a practice commonly referred to as “curing” – on absentee ballots if they can find it. The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday night...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 2, 2022
Columbus is facing a United States Postal Service (USPS) challenge as several mail carriers have now been robbed at gunpoint and their universal mailbox keys were stolen. “A gunman held up a letter carrier on Partridge Place in north Columbus on Jan. 27...
by Eric Burk | Feb 2, 2022
RICHMOND, Virginia – The Republican-controlled House of Delegates passed two bills addressing the minimum wage, including a repeal of increases passed by Democrats in previous sessions. Delegate Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) and Delegate Sally Hudson...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 2, 2022
After students at George Mason University (GMU) fought the school’s administration on mandatory booster shots for COVID-19, the school Monday announced that it has scrapped the mandate, though it did not credit the students for their efforts....
by The Center Square | Feb 2, 2022
by J.D. Davidson Private businesses in Ohio would save nearly $106 million over the next fiscal year if a proposal to cut the state’s workers’ compensation premiums by 10% is approved. The reduction would follow a 10% rate reduction for public employers...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 2, 2022
The Clermont County Republican Party on Monday voted to endorse Ohio gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci in his challenge to Governor Mike DeWine. In total, Renacci won the endorsement with 77 of the possible 106 committee members’ votes. Twenty-two...
