by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 12, 2022
A Cook County Medical Examiner’s toxicology report states a parent the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) claimed died due to the spread of COVID-19 from the classroom to her home, actually died from chronic alcoholism, according to Chicago City Wire. City Wire said it...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 12, 2022
A congresswoman from Florida purchased large amounts of stock in a U.S. oil drilling company just as oil and gas prices hit record highs, and just before the beginning of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. According to financial disclosure forms, Rep. Debbie Wasserman...
by The Center Square | Mar 12, 2022
by Anthony Hennen Officials from the Department of Education testified on Thursday about learning loss for students, the barriers to recruiting teachers, and the need for more funding to reach parity among schools across Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 12, 2022
Acting U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts Wednesday against Defendant Raymond A. Erker, 50, of Avon, Ohio, following a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland, according to a...
by Grant Holcomb | Mar 12, 2022
The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) announced in a memo that its 2022 priorities are to defend legislative victories by Republicans in states like Florida and the priorities of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). In the memo, the committee derided the efforts...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 12, 2022
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) this week signed into law a bill aimed at cutting state regulations. “If, upon reviewing a proposed rule or revised proposed rule, the joint committee on agency rule review makes any of the following findings with regard to the...
by Julie Carr | Mar 12, 2022
TRANSCRIPT: McCabe: Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer, in his new book Red-Handed, documents the financial ties between the Chinese Communist Party and President Joe Biden. He told The Star News Network that Biden and his family have blended public service and...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 12, 2022
A progressive member of the U.S. Congress from Arizona is asking President Joe Biden’s administration not to expand U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities, and to end contracts for private detention centers, despite the fact that...
by Julie Carr | Mar 12, 2022
The Star News Network National Political Editor, Neil W. McCabe visited the Georgia State Capitol Thursday to ask Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger specific questions about the documents underpinning the 2020 election results. TRANSCRIPT Neil W. McCabe: The Star...
by Admin | Mar 12, 2022
by Andy Biggs In the film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” George Bailey is able to see what the world would have been like had he never been born. Everything changes. George wasn’t there to save his younger brother from drowning. And, that in turn, meant that his...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Mar 12, 2022
The Tennessee Titans want a new stadium, switching gears from modernizing Nissan Stadium to making plans to build a new one in the lot next door. It is currently unclear how the team plans to raise the money to pay for it. The Titans’ president, Burke Nihill, talked...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 12, 2022
Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) met with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday following her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Today, I met with Judge Jackson and remain committed to thoroughly vetting her writings, rulings and record,” Senator...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Mar 12, 2022
Georgia-based Delta Airlines responded Friday after a Thursday protest by 200 of its pilots who say they are working too many hours and suffering from fatigue. “This informational exercise Thursday by some of our off-duty pilots did not disrupt our operation for our...
by The Center Square | Mar 12, 2022
by Benjamin Yount The average price of gas in Wisconsin is over $4.00 per gallon and rising, but it’s not just the war in Ukraine that’s keeping prices in the state high. Will Flanders with the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty wrote an open letter...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 12, 2022
Greta Callahan, president of the teachers’ chapter of the striking Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT), told members rallying at the state Capitol Wednesday, “Our fight is against patriarchy, our fight is against capitalism, our fight is for the soul...
by Cooper Moran | Mar 12, 2022
Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) on Thursday introduced new legislation that would direct Russian assets that were seized to humanitarian aid projects supporting Ukraine. Specifically, the bill, known as the Confiscating Corrupt Criminal Proceeds (CCCP) Act, takes...
by The Center Square | Mar 12, 2022
by Scott McClallen The Michigan House on Wednesday voted 63-39 on a bill aiming to suspend the state’s 27.2-cent per gallon fuel tax for six months. For the first time since 2008, gas prices broke $4 per gallon nationwide. If passed by the Senate and signed...
by The Center Square | Mar 12, 2022
by Kimberly James Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to completely transition Connecticut’s electric grid from relying on oil and gas by 2040 is back in front of state lawmakers. The bill would require the state to achieve a zero-carbon electric supply by...
by Eric Burk | Mar 12, 2022
RICHMOND, Virginia – The Democrat-controlled Senate voted against confirming five Youngkin nominees, including the whole parole board and one Safety and Health Codes Board member. In February, Senate Democrats blocked confirmation of former Trump EPA chief...
by Julie Carr | Mar 12, 2022
The Star News Network National Political Editor, Neil W. McCabe talked with Armed in America host Mark Walters about how far gun rights have come in the state of Georgia. TRANSCRIPT: McCabe: Georgia is about to become the next state with a constitutional carry...
by Eric Burk | Mar 12, 2022
Virginia House Democrats tried one last time to pass a rule change to bring constitutional amendments to the floor for a vote on Wednesday. The amendments would automatically reinstate felon voting rights and to eliminate Virginia’s defunct gay marriage ban....
