by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2022
– – – Photo “Nancy Pelosi” by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 15, 2022
On Friday, Charles A. “Chuck” Jones, 51, a Kentucky businessman, pleaded guilty to a decade-long scheme and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate Program. The E-Rate Program is an FCC program that provides money...
by RealClearWire | Feb 15, 2022
by Alfredo Ortiz and Brad Anderson Recent images from the Los Angeles railyards of a sea of cardboard wreckage, the remnants of thousands of stolen packages, have made national headlines. Union Pacific railroad said criminal rail theft in LA has increased by...
by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2022
– – – Photo “Border Patrol Agents Rescue 13 from Rio Grande River” by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
by Chris Butler | Feb 15, 2022
Representative Jody Hice (R-GA-10), currently running to replace Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, will launch a statewide tour later this month to address election integrity and connect with voters. Hice announced that his Election Integrity Fly...
by Eric Burk | Feb 15, 2022
The House of Delegates passed SB 739, which will require schools to make masks optional. After Republicans were surprised by bipartisan votes in the Senate last week to amend the bill to include the mask clause and to pass the bill, Republicans hustled the bill...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 15, 2022
One of the Nashville Courthouse arsonists is scheduled to be sentenced next week. The Middle District of Tennessee Clerk’s office has told The Tennessee Star that Wesley Somers of Hendersonville is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Aleta Trauger on...
by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2022
by Ailan Evans The San Francisco 49ers team fell victim to a ransomware attack affecting key corporate operations, the team announced Sunday. Hackers using BlackByte ransomware tools listed the San Francisco 49ers on a dark web site identifying the team as a...
by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2022
– – – Photo “John H. Durham” by United States Attorney’s Office. Photo “Hillary Clinton” by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0. Background Photo “Russian Flag” by Dmitry Djouce. CC BY 2.0. ...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 15, 2022
U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) on Wednesday reintroduced a bill that aims to improve transparency within the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The legislation, known as the Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act, received bipartisan support...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 15, 2022
Legislation targeting organized street racing continues to progress through the Tennessee General Assembly. State Representative John Gillespie (R-Memphis-HD97) and State Senator John Stevens (R-Huntingdon-SD24) previously introduced companion bills targeting...
by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2022
by Kendall Tietz A National School Boards Association (NSBA) executive reportedly knew about Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memorandum targeting concerned parents before it was published, according to new information obtained by Parents Defending Education....
by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2022
by Bill Glahn The Jan. 20 FBI raids on Feeding Our Future was just the latest escalation in a war between the state agency and two networks of nonprofits operating food giveaways to low-income children. The state Department of Education (MDE) has been battling...
by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2022
by Scott McClallen Eight Michigan counties will end school mask mandates on or before Feb. 28, citing lower COVID metrics. The Health Department of Northwest Michigan, which covers Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties, will repeal its mask mandate for...
by RealClearWire | Feb 15, 2022
by James P. Pinkerton Who among us hasn’t made $1.5 million for sitting on an advisory board for two years? Not you? Come to think of it, me neither. Such money comes only to the well connected. And “connected” is a good word to use in regard to Sarah Bloom...
by Julie Carr | Feb 15, 2022
Live from Music Row Monday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed GOP primary candidate for Tennessee’s 5th...
by Julie Carr | Feb 15, 2022
Live from Music Row Monday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed all-star panelist Crom Carmichael in-studio to ponder...
by Julie Carr | Feb 15, 2022
Live from Music Row, Monday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed Robin Steenman of Moms for Liberty-Williamson County...
by Julie Carr | Feb 15, 2022
Live from Music Row Monday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the...
by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2022
by Scott McClallen Four Senate Republicans announced bills they called the “Parent’s Bill of Rights.” In a morning press conference, Sens. Justin Eichorn of Grand Rapids, Michelle Benson of Ham Lake, Paul Gazelka of East Gull Lake, and Roger Chamberlain of Lino...
by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2022
by Tom Joyce Congressman David Schweikert, R-Arizona, was one of 116 Republicans in Congress to sign a letter uring President Joe Biden’s administration to address the country’s fentanyl problem. The letter, sent to the administration on Feb. 10, urges the...
