by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
– – – Photo “Students in Masks” by DC Public Schools.
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
– – – Photo “Construction Workers” by Max Pixel.
by The Center Square | Feb 16, 2022
by Bethany Blankley Fifty-five federal agencies have issued rule changes to track employees and others who request religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine. Critics of the tracking say the practice is discriminatory against people of faith. Members of...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 16, 2022
Metro Nashville Council considered three bills on first reading concerning license plate reader (LPR) use and a resolution urging Metro Nashville Police Department to expand use of mental health professionals at incidents at their February 15, 2022 meeting....
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 16, 2022
A group of Senate Republicans recently introduced the Strengthening Enforcement to Curtail Unlawful, Risky Entrance to Flights Act, or SECURE Flights Act of 2022. The bill, if passed, would prevent the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation and...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Ned Ryun The real pandemic in this country is one of growing fascism from our so-called political Left. The far-Left Democratic Party doesn’t care about your essential freedoms – from speech and the free flow of ideas to freedom of assembly –...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 16, 2022
Tennessee Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) have joined their Senate colleagues in urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to do “everything it can to support taxpayers during the current tax filing season.” In a letter to Treasury...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 16, 2022
Congressman Mark Green (R-TN-07), joined by other Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called for an investigation into the Biden administration’s Afghanistan efforts. The remarks come on the six-month anniversary of the fall of Kabul, following a...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Julie Kelly In the 15-minute time span before the joint session of Congress convened at 1:00 p.m. on January 6, 2021, two incidents that set the stage for the day’s ensuing chaos happened simultaneously. First, a man named Ryan Samsel, after taking some sort...
by Bradley Vasoli | Feb 16, 2022
On Tuesday, at the first legislative hearing on Pennsylvania’s next budget, the Wolf administration and the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) offered divergent near-term revenue projections. Governor Tom Wolf (D) proposed a Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget last week that...
by The Center Square | Feb 16, 2022
by Mary Stroka A bill to repay Minnesota’s federal Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund passed the Senate Monday and it will now travel to the House for consideration. The bill, SF 2677, appropriates $2.3 billion from the state fiscal recovery federal fund and...
by Eric Burk | Feb 16, 2022
The House of Delegates passed HB 787, Delegate Dave LaRock’s (R-Loudoun) bill focused on controversial teaching in schools. On Tuesday, the bill passed 50-49, with Delegate Carrie Coyner (R-Chesterfield) joining Democrats in opposition and Delegate Kim...
by Grant Holcomb | Feb 16, 2022
In a series of interviews, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) warned about an impending “new world order.” He specifically said an invasion of Ukraine from Russia would be an indicator of a new global order with China and Russia as the leaders. On Fox News, Rubio joined...
by Star News Staff | Feb 16, 2022
by Harry Wilmerding The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, resigned Monday after saying that allowing ice fishing with shanties could result in prostitution, multiple sources reported Hudson, Ohio, Mayor Craig Shubert, submitted his resignation Monday morning after saying...
by The Center Square | Feb 16, 2022
by Scott McClallen Ingham County will spend $56.8 million in federal funding to recover from COVID-19. The spending will be divided into two phases. Ingham County Controller Gregg Todd said the first round of spending ranged from June 2021 through May 2022, and...
by Grant Holcomb | Feb 16, 2022
A recently released poll from CNN shows Republican party voters are split between former President Donald Trump (R) and another Republican candidate, primarily Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. In the poll, Republicans and Republican-leaning independents were...
by The Center Square | Feb 16, 2022
by J.D. Davidson An Ohio lawmaker wants the state to follow several others across the country and have school districts post its curriculum and instruction materials online to give parents better access to what is being taught in classrooms. The state teacher’s...
by The Center Square | Feb 16, 2022
by Benjamin Yount It is a good time to be a worker with in-demand skills in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state’s largest business group, on Monday said its latest Employer Survey shows many businesses across the state plan to raise...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 16, 2022
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Jim Renacci pledged to take action on the drug crisis that has ravaged Ohio and other states throughout the country. According to Renacci, incumbent Governor Mike DeWine has not taken proper action to limit the spread. “As long as...
by Grant Holcomb | Feb 16, 2022
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis (R) issued a proclamation offering his support for the Canadian Freedom Convoy. Patronis announced the proclamation through Twitter. “Florida stands with the truckers of Canada,” Patronis said. “May Trudeau’s...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 16, 2022
A petition by teachers nationwide pledging to teach Critical Race Theory (CRT) to students regardless of whether states pass laws against the practice has reached more than 8,000 signatures. “From police violence, to the prison system, to the wealth gap,...
