by Star News Staff | Mar 3, 2022
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by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 3, 2022
A host of left-wing groups are suing in a last-minute attempt to halt the implementation of new abortion legislation. “Lack of access to abortion services … clearly decreases patient safety and threatens patients’ health,” a lawsuit filed by...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 3, 2022
After registering through the appropriate channels and having its attendance confirmed, The Star News Network Wednesday was kicked out of a media briefing by a left-wing election group that is funded by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, before that briefing...
by Laura Baigert | Mar 3, 2022
At the end of meetings of the Tennessee House Criminal Justice Subcommittee held over two consecutive weeks where impassioned testimony was heard from nearly two dozen witnesses on both sides of the argument, a bill that seeks to protect students from pornographic and...
by Chris Butler | Mar 3, 2022
AJ Bahou, a self-described conservative, on Wednesday announced he is running as a Republican for Tennessee State Representative in House District 63. The 63rd District comprises eastern Williamson County. State Representative Glen Casada, a Republican from Franklin,...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 3, 2022
State Representative Dave Wright’s (R-Knoxville) version of the bill establishing three-year residency requirements for federal candidates was passed by a key subcommittee. Before HB2764, the House version of State Senator Frank Niceley (R-Rutledge)’s...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 3, 2022
Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty’s (R-TN) resolution to reopen the U.S. Capitol and Senate office buildings to the American people was passed by the Senate on Tuesday. The resolution, which was introduced last month and is co-sponsored by more than half of the Senate...
by Julie Carr | Mar 3, 2022
Stephen K. Bannon welcomed The Star News Network’s CEO and Editor in Chief Michael Patrick Leahy on Wednesday’s War Room: Pandemic to discuss the launch of The Connecticut Star to the family of online news outlets with The Star News Network and the appetite for...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 3, 2022
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Tennessee asked the state of Tennessee to release all records regarding an announced charter school partnership with Hillsdale College. The organization sent open records requests on Monday, requesting information about...
by Chris Butler | Mar 3, 2022
Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue said this week that incumbent Governor Brian Kemp provided state-backed financial incentives to an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer tied to George Soros. Bloomberg reported this week that Soros does invest in the EV...
by Eric Burk | Mar 3, 2022
A new survey finds Governor Glenn Youngkin with a 50 percent approval rating and a 41 percent disapproval rating. Roanoke College’s Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) survey also found that 47 percent of Virginians think the Commonwealth is headed...
by Cooper Moran | Mar 3, 2022
Republicans in the Minnesota House of Representatives on Tuesday released their plan to address public safety, unveiling almost a dozen different pieces of legislation. The lawmakers argued that members of the opposing political party have not addressed the spike in...
by Steve Stewart | Mar 3, 2022
Florida election officials are preparing for the impact of a new law that will require, among other things, additional information for voters currently registered. These requirements are in addition to any new requirements that may pass in the closing days of the...
by Cooper Moran | Mar 3, 2022
The John Fredericks Media Network purchased WVCH AM 740 and 103.3 FM in Chester and Malvern, Pennsylvania and will operate 95.3 FM in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The new stations will allow programming to reach Philadelphia and large portions of New Jersey and Delaware....
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 3, 2022
Metro Nashville Council deferred action on a bill on second reading that council legislative staff said was illegal. In its current form, the bill bans License Plate Reader use for cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. When the issue came up at...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 3, 2022
The Connecticut Supreme Court picked redistricting maps that maintain the partisan status quo of the 5th Congressional District. Prior to redistricting, CT-5 was given a partisan rating by Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight of D+3. The Connecticut Supreme Court...
by Chris Butler | Mar 3, 2022
Members of the Metro Nashville Public Health Department’s (MPHD’s) Human Resources (HR) Office are fighting back against scathing criticism from their Racial and Health Equity Director Stephanie Kang. Kang last month distributed a memo to MPHD board members to...
by Cooper Moran | Mar 3, 2022
Jim Renacci, a former congressman and candidate running for Ohio governor, knocked President Joe Biden over his discussion of Intel during his State of the Union address. In the address, Biden connected future investments made by the company to legislation that would...
by Bradley Vasoli | Mar 3, 2022
Pennsylvania State Representative Mike Puskaric (R-Jefferson Hills) indicated Wednesday he will urge state agencies to ditch social media platforms he says engage in censorship. In a memorandum asking fellow representatives to co-sponsor his upcoming resolution, the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 3, 2022
Just before President Joe Biden visited Wisconsin on Wednesday, a U.S. senator from the state released a scathing statement on the 46th president’s Tuesday night State of the Union address. “In spite of President Biden’s inaugural speech promise that...
by Eric Burk | Mar 3, 2022
A House of Delegates Privileges and Elections subcommittee voted five to three to recommend tabling State Senator John Bell’s (D-Loudoun) bill to ban the use of campaign funds for personal use. The Senate passed the bill 37 to three but if the Privileges and...