by Cooper Moran | Feb 7, 2022
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Monday signed redistricting maps that will change the boundaries for the state’s House and Senate seats, in addition to the lines of the districts for the U.S. House of Representatives. The congressional map, approved by the...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 7, 2022
Former Trump Administration State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus officially announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination to represent Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District early Monday morning. Ortagus’ campaign sent out a press release...
by Star News Staff | Feb 7, 2022
– – – Photo “Abrams maskless” by Eric Heck.
by Michael Patrick Leahy | Feb 7, 2022
Former President Donald Trump released a blistering attack Friday afternoon on former Vice President Mike Pence’s claims earlier in the day about the January 6, 2021 Joint Session of Congress over which Pence presided at which Electoral College votes submitted...
by Neil W. McCabe | Feb 7, 2022
A new poll of 626 likely Republican primary voters conducted by Public Policy Polling, and commissioned by the Democratic Governors Association, has brutal implications for Ohio Gov. R. Michael “Mike” DeWine, showing his Favorable/Unfavorable rating six points...
by Bradley Vasoli | Feb 7, 2022
Pennsylvania’s Legislative Redistricting Commission (LRC) on Friday finalized a new district map for state representatives that aids Democrats’ electability. All three Democrats on the five-member LRC voted for the map, which is a modified version of a...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 7, 2022
Pamela Moses, the founder of the Memphis Black Lives Matter (BLM) chapter, was sentenced to spend six years and one day in prison after illegally registering to vote in Tennessee. According to the Shelby County District Attorney’s office, Moses had...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 7, 2022
A bill is pending before the Tennessee General Assembly that proposes the relocation of illegal aliens located in Tennessee to towns that are connected to President Joe Biden and other prominent Democrat leaders. That legislation has received a Senate sponsor....
by Steve Stewart | Feb 7, 2022
Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee responded to the concerns of the Chair of the Democratic party over alleged voter registration irregularities in Miami-Dade County by endorsing Governor Ron DeSantis’ proposal to create an Office of Election Crimes...
by Eric Burk | Feb 7, 2022
Two Democratic senators voted with Republicans in committee to advance Senator Siobhan Dunnavant’s (R-Henrico) SB 656 requiring Virginia public schools to notify parents about sexually explicit instructional material, allow parental review, and provide...
by Star News Staff | Feb 7, 2022
by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch CNN is dying. Its president, Jeff Zucker, was just fired. (Or, rather, he “resigned.”) The network’s viewership is plummeting, and fewer than 500,000 people on average tuned in last month. Advertisers don’t send their dollars there...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 7, 2022
New federal regulations aimed to ”improve highway safety” by “ensuring that entry-level commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers complete training required by the new entry-level driver training (ELDT) regulations” are now in effect, according to a press release...
by Chris Butler | Feb 7, 2022
On Monday The Tennessee Star celebrates its fifth anniversary. Shortly after midnight, after The Star’s first full day in 2017, Managing Editor Christina Botteri, noted the news outlet had more than 3,000 unique visitors. “The remarkable thing about...
by The Center Square | Feb 7, 2022
by Scott McClallen Minnesota Senate Republicans pitched a 2022 “top priority” $65 million law enforcement recruiting package Wednesday. The proposals – dubbed the “Creating Opportunities in Public Safety” (C.O.P.S) program – would incentivize law...
by Star News Staff | Feb 7, 2022
– – – Photo “Canadian Trucker Protest” by Myshka Lee Pearce.
by The Center Square | Feb 7, 2022
by Bruce Walker The Small Business Administration-administered Paycheck Protection Program paid out millions of dollars to ineligible unions, according to a new report released by the Freedom Foundation. The Freedom Foundation investigated the SBA’s database of...
by Star News Staff | Feb 7, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding Melinda Gates announced Wednesday that she is no longer giving the majority of her wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will instead focus on spreading her money to other philanthropic projects, The Wall Street Journal first...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 7, 2022
An Ohio woman pleaded guilty to charges related to her role in a fraudulent adoption scheme, according to a release from the Department of Justice. According to the original indictment, Margaret Cole, a 74-year-old woman, ran an international adoption agency...
by The Center Square | Feb 7, 2022
by Victor Skinner Gov. Tom Wolf has vetoed legislation designed to protect Pennsylvania residents’ rights against municipalities that enact restrictive gun ordinances. “Once again, this governor has failed to live up to his oath to ‘support, obey and defend the...
by Star News Staff | Feb 7, 2022
by Jonathan Lesser Last March, President Joe Biden announced a goal of building 30,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind generation by 2030. Doing so will “strengthen the domestic supply chain and create good-paying union jobs,” according to the White House. It’s...
by The Center Square | Feb 7, 2022
by Casey Harper A majority of Americans say they are not better off financially than they were a year ago, according to a new poll. Gallup released the polling data Thursday showing that only 41% of Americans say they are financially better off than they were a...
