by Star News Staff | Mar 5, 2022
by Julie Kelly A country without pity has lost its soul. Sadly, that is the state of America in 2022. On the eve of the two-year anniversary—which is too celebratory a word to describe its aftermath—of useless, destructive lockdowns sold as a way to stop the...
by Julie Carr | Mar 5, 2022
Live from Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening, Neil W. McCabe, the Washington correspondent for The Star News Network, took a moment to talk to attendees of Morgan Ortagus’ Ash Wednesday fundraiser at the American Trucking Association. Ortagus is a candidate for...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 5, 2022
A press release from the Washington, D.C.-based Freedom Foundations says that a union for Ohio’s retired teachers improperly received COVID-19 relief funds for which they were ineligible. “The Ohio Retired Teachers Association alone received over $36,000...
by Cooper Moran | Mar 5, 2022
The Minnesota Senate on Thursday approved two pieces of legislation that are connected to the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” that lawmakers introduced last month. The two pieces of legislation aim to ensure a parent’s right to privacy when they...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 5, 2022
The University of Connecticut (UCONN) announced Thursday a change in its mask mandate from “required” to “recommended,” but said students, faculty, staff, and visitors would still be required to wear masks in all classes, labs, rehearsal rooms, and other spaces on the...
by The Center Square | Mar 5, 2022
by Anthony Hennen College costs and student debt remain high, and the Senate Appropriations Committee’s hearing with the leaders of Pennsylvania’s state-related universities was about how the General Assembly can help schools, rather than why its leaders aren’t...
by Star News Staff | Mar 5, 2022
by Michael S. Kochin According to the criteria for their respective medals, the Iraq War that began in 2003 lasted more than eight years; yet the U.S. war in Afghanistan, which commenced just weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has lasted...
by Chris Butler | Mar 5, 2022
Athens-Clarke County officials use taxpayer money to lure in greater and greater numbers of homeless people from around Georgia, but the potential consequences to the county and to the University of Georgia (UGA) are too great to ignore. This, according to two Athens...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 5, 2022
News that a Michigan high school administrator has been charged in the alleged sexual assault of a student was revealed Friday. Michele Rae Erb, 45, was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a student and using a computer to commit a crime. She worked...
by Eric Burk | Mar 5, 2022
As representatives from the General Assembly’s money committees begin work on a budget compromise, Governor Glenn Youngkin sent a letter to them reiterating his top priorities for the budget. There’s a tension between the House of Delegates and the Senate...
by Cooper Moran | Mar 5, 2022
Wisconsin Senate candidate Mandela Barnes struggled to name his own climate-related accomplishments when asked by a student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The question connected to the candidate’s role on the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change,...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 5, 2022
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) told Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson Thursday the media accusing him of “berating” students into removing their masks during a press conference are the true bullies for helping federal health officials over the past two years...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 5, 2022
A U.S. senator from Connecticut Friday said the country should be doing more to help Ukrainian citizens who are stuck in what has now become a war zone. “We need to do more to help rescue Ukrainians in need,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D) said in a tweet while...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 5, 2022
State Senator Frank Niceley (R-Strawberry Plains) expects his version of the bill establishing residency requirements for candidates in Tennessee primaries, which the Senate 31-1 approved, to pass in the state House. Niceley told The Tennessee Star, “I expect...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 5, 2022
Stewart Parks, the latest candidate to announce that he is actively running in the Republican primary for Tennessee’s Fifth Congressional District, is also facing charges stemming from the January 6 Capitol incident. Currently, Parks is collecting qualifying...
by Eric Burk | Mar 5, 2022
Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) is sponsoring legislation to eliminate the federal tax-exempt status of municipal bonds that are used to finance professional sports facilities. In an announcement, Beyer, and cosponsors Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA-14) and...
by Chris Butler | Mar 5, 2022
State Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) told his constituents on Friday that he will not run for reelection, and he intends to spend more time with his family. “It has been a true honor to serve you for 18 years and to work with you to pass more constitutional...
by Grant Holcomb | Mar 5, 2022
The Florida Legislature passed HB 1421 which updates and provides additional provisions to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act originally passed in 2018. The bill went through without a single “no” vote from either legislative chamber. The...
by Star News Staff | Mar 5, 2022
by Star News Staff | Mar 5, 2022
by Debra Heine The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to strike down Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate targeting healthcare workers at federally funded facilities. The measure passed on a party-line vote of 49 to 44. No Democrat senators voted with Republicans to repeal...
by Star News Staff | Mar 5, 2022
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