by Eric Burk | Mar 2, 2022
The Senate Judiciary Committee killed HB 827, a bill that would remove local authority to pass gun control ordinances. In its Monday meeting, the committee also killed several other Republican gun bills. Although a few bills are still working their way through the...
by Chris Butler | Mar 2, 2022
Members of the Williamson Families PAC are scheduled to host a County Election Kickoff event next week that features country music star John Rich, actress Leigh-Allyn Baker, and former professional baseball player Jeremy Slayden. The kickoff will reveal 19 candidates...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 2, 2022
Georgia’s redistricting process has caused Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) to flee the 6th Congressional District, leaving an open seat. McBath has left the race for the 6th District and is running in the much bluer, neighboring new 7th District, taking on...
by Cooper Moran | Mar 2, 2022
Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN-06) called for increased energy independence from the United States amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack the neighboring country, the U.S. and other European allies...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 2, 2022
At their Tuesday meeting, Metro Nashville Council unanimously passed a late-filed resolution in support of the people of Ukraine. Originally sponsored by councilmembers Kathleen Murphy, Tonya Hancock, John Rutherford, Ginny Welsch, and Courtney Johnston, the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 2, 2022
Connecticut’s Democrat governor Monday made an awkward visit to meet and greet high school students after they finished their first day of classes wherein COVID-19 masks were optional. “I’m doing good, I wanted to see what this first day was...
by Cooper Moran | Mar 2, 2022
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), joined by Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22), introduced a joint resolution to ask the Biden administration to remove Russia from the United Nations Security Council. If Russia were removed from the position, the country would no...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 2, 2022
Despite it falling on Ash Wednesday, sources tell The Tennessee Star Morgan Ortagus, a candidate for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District and former State Department spokesman, still has a scheduled out-of-state fundraiser in Washington, D.C. with a host...
by Star News Staff | Mar 2, 2022
by Eric Lendrum Joe Biden’s approval rating has fallen even further in another mainstream poll, returning once more to the 30s in approval. The Hill reports that Biden scored a mere 37 percent approval in the latest ABC News and Washington Post poll, with 55...
by The Center Square | Mar 2, 2022
by Victor Skinner Head Start teachers in Louisiana, Ohio and Virginia are suing the Biden administration over a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the federally funded program. Elizabeth Etherton, a preschool teacher at Fairfax County Public Schools in...
by Star News Staff | Mar 2, 2022
by Thomas Catenacci Half of all U.S. states penned a letter to the Biden administration, arguing against its decision to reverse a Trump-era rule allowing energy firms to transport natural gas via rail. The 25-state coalition said that proposed prohibition of...
by Star News Staff | Mar 2, 2022
– – – Photo “Beto O’Rourke in the Campaign Trail” by Beto O’Rourke.
by The Center Square | Mar 2, 2022
by Scott McClallen A bipartisan bill, intended to clear confusion over an apparent contradiction between state and federal law over who actually qualified to receive benefits during the pandemic, is now law. Senate Bill 445Â amends the Michigan Employment...
by Star News Staff | Mar 2, 2022
by Thomas Catenacci President Joe Biden will join other Western nations in releasing a total of 60 million barrels of crude oil amid the Ukraine crisis, the coalition announced Tuesday. Overall, 31 member nations of the International Energy Agency (IEA),...
by Star News Staff | Mar 2, 2022
– – – Photo “Brad Raffensperger Campaigns” by Brad Raffensperger.
by RealClearWire | Mar 2, 2022
by Julia Baumel & Peyton Lofton The American K-12 education system has been failing too many students for too long. And the problem has only gotten worse amid pandemic-era school closures and remote learning. Increasingly, parents are venting their...
by Star News Staff | Mar 2, 2022
 – – – Photo “Alexander Lukashenko” by Serge Serebro. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo “Volodymyr Zelensky” by Author. Attribution. Background Photo “Title” by Vadim Chuprina. CC BY-SA...
by The Center Square | Mar 2, 2022
by Brent Addleman Six Israeli countries pitched business ideas business leaders from Connecticut in a recent economic mission trip, Gov. Ned Lamont said. The governor, having returned from the four-day economic summit to the nation situated along the...