by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 18, 2022
Noting that the case departed significantly from that of other police killings in Hennepin County, a judge sentenced former Brooklyn Center Police officer Kimberly Potter to 24 months in prison, with the instruction for her to serve two-thirds of that sentence, or a...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Feb 18, 2022
The Florida State House approved a ban on abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy Thursday morning, adding to the list of Republican-led states that have modeled legislation after the Mississippi law that has been challenged and is now awaiting a decision by...
by Star News Staff | Feb 18, 2022
by Victor Davis Hanson Hillary Clinton’s never-ending shenanigans in 2015-2016 could be summarized as an attempted slow-motion coup. Four years of national hysteria, a divided nation, and dangerous new tensions with Russia were some of the wages of Clinton’s...
by Neil W. McCabe | Feb 18, 2022
The conservative activist whose tagline is “Make Kindness Great Again” is bringing his #ThePersistence vibe to his tour of Ohio in support of Republican James B. “Jim” Renacci’s gubernatorial campaign. “Well, I’m not on a bus tour, but I am in a rental vehicle...
by Bradley Vasoli | Feb 18, 2022
At a Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday, the panel’s GOP majority grilled the state’s chief economic-development official on the damage inflicted by COVID-related business restrictions. In March 17, 2020, Governor Tom Wolf (D) responded to...
by The Center Square | Feb 18, 2022
by Scott McClallen A lawsuit filed against Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson asserts she illegally accepted private money for the 2020 presidential election to swing the election for President Joe Biden. The Chicago-based Thomas More Society filed the...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 18, 2022
A new poll, conducted by the Trafalgar Group, showed Governor Brian Kemp and U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker leading in their respective Republican primary races. The survey, which spoke to 1,072 likely GOP primary voters, measured opinion on the Senate...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 18, 2022
After a group of parents sued Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) for forcing students to continue wearing masks despite Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) issuing an executive order banning that practice, LCPS declined to comment on the situation. Wayde B. Byard,...
by Rachel Alexander | Feb 18, 2022
America Pack, a grassroots group “built to empower citizens to hold elected officials accountable, advocate for honest elections, support law enforcement, and fight for freedom and liberty,” has issued a list of its most important bills this session in the...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 18, 2022
Acting mayor Cavalier Johnson and former alderman Bob Donovan will advance to the Milwaukee mayoral general election, after the individuals gathered the highest support in the Tuesday primary election. Johnson collected 42 percent of the vote in the low-turnout...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 18, 2022
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday backed state-level legislation that would end crossover voting in Wyoming primary elections. The bill, introduced by State Senator Bo Biteman (R-Ranchester), would prevent an individual from changing party affiliations...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 18, 2022
Lisa Hanson, a small business owner who was jailed for violating COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Governor Tim Walz, will run for a Minnesota Senate seat. She will campaign in a new district that covers Freeborn County and parts of Mower, Faribault, Waseca, and...
by RealClearWire | Feb 18, 2022
by Paul Sperry Long before FBI computer contractor and Clinton operative Rodney L. Joffe allegedly trolled Internet traffic for dirt on President Trump, he mined direct-marketing contact lists for the names and addresses of unwitting Americans to target in a...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 18, 2022
The Arizona redistricting process has made Democrat U.S. Representative Tom O’Halleran even more vulnerable to a Republican challenger. Prior to redistricting, Representative O’Halleran’s then-AZ-1 had a partisan rating of R+6 according to the...
by Grant Holcomb | Feb 18, 2022
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) submitted a second round of maps for congressional redistricting earlier this week. It comes as the redistricting process has been stalled in the Florida Legislature. The most controversial part of DeSantis’ first submission was the...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 18, 2022
The Metro Nashville City Council appointed a progressive trans-activist to fill one of two vacancies on the Community Oversight Board. Three candidates – one of whom was Jamel R. Campbell-Gooch – were vying for the nod by the Council at its February 15th...
by Cooper Moran | Feb 18, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Lukeville arrested an Arizona man for attempting to smuggle approximately 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl across the Arizona-Mexico border. According to a statement from U.S. Customs and...
by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 18, 2022
A constitutional scholar told The Star News Network this week that the large-scale, illegal entry happening now at the southern border constitutes an “invasion” under definitions provided in the United States Constitution. “The kind of organized entry that we are...
by Steve Stewart | Feb 18, 2022
Florida State House Representative Allison Tant (D-FL) appeared on The Steve Stewart Show on RealTalk93.3 on Thursday to discuss the 2022 Florida legislative session. Tant’s district covers most of downtown Tallahassee and the northern Tallahassee metropolitan area....
by Aaron Gulbransen | Feb 18, 2022
Tennessee State Rep. David Wright (R-19) told The Tennessee Star on Thursday he intends to amend the House version of SB 2616 so that the effective date of the bill’s three year residency requirement to qualify as a candidate for a Congressional primary in the state...
by Chris Butler | Feb 18, 2022
Sixteen Democrats and two Republicans in the Georgia State Senate filed legislation this week that would, if enacted into law, allow political candidates to use campaign funds on childcare and other caregiving expenses. Senator Nikki Merritt (D-Grayson) is the...
