by Steve Stewart | Feb 16, 2022
Florida legislators, led by Republican leaders, are considering changes (SB 524, HB 7067) to the absentee ballot verification process that has one critic calling the proposal “a recipe for disaster” and another implying the new rules are racist. Under current law,...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 16, 2022
A new report from Margot Cleveland and The Federalist details widespread issues with voting ballots in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, according to videos taped by a whistleblower. The whistleblower, Regina Miller, who was a contract worker helping election...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 16, 2022
A group dedicated to studying what it calls “viewpoint diversity” in public universities issued a Monday press release and report saying that while conservative views are smothered on Tennessee’s college campuses, far-left ideologies are thriving....
by Chris Butler | Feb 16, 2022
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger this week said state officials must do more to protect the integrity of the state’s elections, and, toward that end, he said it’s time for the state to provide additional security. Raffensperger called for greater...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 16, 2022
In an effort led by Senator and Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), several Democrat senators in battleground states have signed on to a bill that would suspend the gas tax until 2023. The Gas Prices Relief Act would lower prices at the pump as gas prices rise to nearly a...
by Eric Burk | Feb 16, 2022
The Virginia State Senate has approved Governor Glenn Youngkin’s amendments to the recently passed school mask-optional bill. The amendments, which an aide said Youngkin sent to the Senate on Monday evening, include clauses making the bill take effect on...
by Rachel Alexander | Feb 16, 2022
Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward has a new book out revealing what happened behind the scenes with the independent Maricopa County audit of the 2020 presidential election. Ward was one of the first to call for an audit, and was heavily involved in it every...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 16, 2022
Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch, who is running to replace Governor Tony Evers, proposed establishing an Office of Election Integrity & Public Trust in order to “restore confidence in elections.” The new organization would be housed...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Feb 16, 2022
National pro-life leaders and lawmakers committed themselves publicly on Valentine’s Day to protecting life not only by promoting pro-life legislation, but also by providing concrete service to mothers and their children, born and unborn. The pro-life leaders joined...
by Chris Butler | Feb 16, 2022
Some people want to mandate that every new home comes wired ready to charge electric vehicles (EVs), and those mandates, if enacted, would likely raise a home’s construction costs. And the people who want those mandates will likely push for them in about two...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 16, 2022
On the heels of massive news proving that former President Donald Trump was intentionally and falsely maligned as a Russian asset and that he was spied upon by intelligence agencies during his 2016 election campaign and his subsequent presidency, one senator took to...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 16, 2022
The national average price for a gallon of gas rose last week to $3.48, four cents more than a week before, as The Tennessee Star previously reported. The price of $3.48 is 18 cents more than a month ago and 98 cents more than a year ago, according to a press...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Chris Brunet President Joe Biden’s latest nominee to the Fed has faced criticism for embellishing her resume, but recently some economists have raised the possibility that her most famous research contains fatal flaws. Lisa Cook, a professor of international...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Ailan Evans Crowdfunding service GiveSendGo came back online Tuesday after a Sunday hack forced the site to temporarily shut down. “Sunday evening, February 13th, GiveSendGo was attacked by malicious actors attempting to eliminate the ability of its users to...
by The Center Square | Feb 16, 2022
by Casey Harper Wholesale prices jumped a full percentage point in January and 9.7 percent over last year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday, as inflation continues its rapid rise. “On an unadjusted basis, final demand prices moved up 9.7 percent for...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Alexa Schwerha The George Washington University’s president publicly apologized Friday for a fall 2021 surveillance pilot program that tracked students’ and employees’ locations on campus without their consent. “I write to inform you...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Laurel Duggan Maryland state House Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment Monday enshrining abortion rights within the state, the Associated Press reported. The proposal was introduced by state House Speaker Adrienne Jones, who said the Supreme Court...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 16, 2022
Legislation establishing a three-year residency requirement to qualify for the Tennessee primary ballot in U.S. House of Representatives elections passed a key Senate committee on Tuesday. Tennessee State Senator Frank Niceley (R-TN-08) is the sponsor of...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Jeffrey H. Anderson There are few more easily observable measures of the cost of everyday living than the price of gasoline at the pump. As has been widely reported, gas prices in the United States recently hit a seven-year high. The striking thing, however,...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Chris Butler | Feb 16, 2022
Tennessee State Senator Ken Yager (R-Kingston) has filed a bill in the Tennessee General Assembly that he said would, if enacted into law, help school districts across Tennessee address ongoing staffing challenges. The bill, SB 2702, would allow retired members...
