by The Center Square | Feb 12, 2022
by Bethany Blankley Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration again Thursday, this time for requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 an hour minimum wage. It’s the 21st lawsuit the attorney general has filed against the administration....
by The Center Square | Feb 12, 2022
by Scott McClallen The Ingham County Health Department will repeal its mask mandate on Feb. 19 at midnight for thousands of students. “We are at a point in this pandemic in which public health strategies will begin to shift more towards personal responsibility...
by The Center Square | Feb 12, 2022
by Benjamin Yount Republican lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers are, perhaps surprisingly, on the same page when it comes to spending more money on childcare in Wisconsin. The state’s budget-writing panel, the Joint Finance Committee, on Wednesday unanimously...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 12, 2022
The Arizona House Government and Elections Committee advanced a bill that will prohibit any public or charter school mask mandate for children under 18 without parental consent. The legislation, sponsored by State Representative Joseph Chaplik (R-Scottsdale),...
by Grant Holcomb | Feb 12, 2022
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D), running for Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination, raised a combined total of $313,000 in January. Nikki Fried’s campaign raised a total of $171,502 and her political action committee, Florida Consumers...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 12, 2022
An effort to unionize by Starbucks employees in Buffalo, New York, is moving west, having worked its way into Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois, and now to the Twin Cities. “Early Friday morning, the hourly workers at two Twin Cities Starbucks...
by Star News Staff | Feb 12, 2022
by Jason Thompson It has been over a year since Raphael Warnock was sworn in as one of Georgia’s senators. In that period, Warnock has proven to be more beneficial and useful to Joe Biden than to Georgians. Since Warnock’s swearing-in, Georgians have...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 12, 2022
Details emerged throughout the day Friday of an incident that led to five Phoenix police officers being shot, four injured by bullet shrapnel, one suspect dead, and a woman injured. The deadly incident unfolded just after 2 a.m. on Friday morning, when police...
by Grant Holcomb | Feb 12, 2022
The Florida House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that will enact term limits on elected public school board members. CS/BS 1467 by State Representative Sam Garrison (R-Middleburg) originally included a provision that would have eliminated salaries for...
by Eric Burk | Feb 12, 2022
House Republicans took over six hours on Friday to pass several bills confirming low-level appointments made by former Governor Ralph Northam, a reaction to the Senate’s vote earlier this week to block Governor Glenn Youngkin’s appointment of former...
by The Center Square | Feb 12, 2022
by Victor Skinner The Pennsylvania Supreme Court temporarily has suspended the primary election calendar while it reviews a lawsuit over congressional redistricting. Candidates for the May 17 primary were to start gathering signatures for petitions on Feb. 15...
by Star News Staff | Feb 12, 2022
by Evan Stambaugh Alpha News has learned that a private liberal arts college in southern Minnesota is planning an appreciation lunch for just non-white staff and faculty later this month, which potentially violates federal civil rights law. The equity and...
by Julie Carr | Feb 12, 2022
Stephen K. Bannon welcomed The Michigan Star reporter Pete D’Abrosca on Thursday’s War Room: Pandemic to discuss his recent article, which addresses how the Canadian freedom convoy of truckers has spread to Windsor, creating standstill traffic on the...
