by Susan Berry, PhD | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Michigan, News, The Upper-Midwest
At a rally in Washington Township, Michigan, Saturday night, former President Donald Trump condemned the Biden administration’s release of documents that encourage children with gender dysphoria to have access to puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground State Report, Battleground States, News
Republicans are targeting Colorado’s 7th Congressional District seat for a GOP takeover. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) announced its targeting CO-7. The NRCC’s job is to win as many seats as possible in November in the effort to...
by Star News Staff | Apr 3, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Julie Kelly “You’re in big f*****g trouble.” So said an FBI agent to Julian Khater, one of two men accused of assaulting Capitol police officers with pepper spray on January 6, during a tense interrogation last year. Desperate to sustain the falsehood that...
by Neil W. McCabe | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
The former Democratic Georgia state representative now running as the Trump-endorsed U.S. House hopeful in the GOP primary for his state’s 10th Congressional District told The Georgia Star and The Star News Network his opponent trucking businessman Mike Collins’...
by The Center Square | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
by Bruce Walker Asserting “student aid should take precedence over school aid,” a new study seeks to address among other topics the funding disparities between traditional public schools and charter school academies. Released earlier this week, “From School Aid...
by The Center Square | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
by Bethany Blankley Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law a measure that incentivizes law enforcement officers to move to or stay in the state through monetary awards. “While other parts of the country are mistreating, marginalizing and defunding...
by Star News Staff | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
by Rose Williams A Republican representative blasted a House committee chair this week for not allowing groups with opposing views to testify against a clean fuel standards bill. House File 2083 seeks to bring California’s clean fuel standard to Minnesota in...
by Cooper Moran | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
The city of West Haven misspent roughly 80 percent of the money awarded to the local government through coronavirus pandemic relief funds (CRF), according to a new audit. The review, published by the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, showed that...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) says it is in possession of an independent review of what caused a days-long traffic jam on I-95 in January. “VDOT’s top priority is and always will be the safety of the traveling public, and as we learn from each...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
As trees begin to bud and flowers start to bloom, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture said it’s “time for landowners to consider improving riparian buffers, planting trees, and improving forest stands.” The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Two Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Correctional Officers were selected to receive national awards, the department recently announced in a press release. Corporal Leon Odom and Corporal Anthony Gaudet have been selected by One Voice United to receive the...
by Eric Burk | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
The House of Representatives passed HR 6833, a bill to cap a month’s supply of certain insulin products at $35 or 25 percent of the plan’s negotiated price. Only 12 Republicans voted for the bill and Virginia’s delegation split along party lines....
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Unemployment rates dropped in every Tennessee county in February, according to new data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). The department made the announcement in a press release Thursday. Out of Tennessee’s 95 counties,...
by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and partner agencies will host the state’s inaugural Food Waste Awareness Week Monday through Saturday by way of the department’s Get Food Smart TN program, according to a press release. TDEC will partner...
by Bethany Bowman | Apr 3, 2022 | Entertainment, Events, Lifestyle, Music, National
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The Homestead Festival, a first-of-its-kind outdoor event, will make its debut on June 3-4, 2022, at Grammy-winning and New York Times best-selling author Rory Feek’s 100-acre historic farm in Columbia, Tennessee. Combining music and...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 3, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) introduced legislation last week that would prohibit all federal funds from being disbursed to schools that violate their state’s laws regarding materials deemed harmful to children. The No Obscene Teaching in Our Schools Act,...
by Star News Staff | Apr 3, 2022 | National, News
by Bethany Blankley Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blasted President Joe Biden Friday for making what he called another “reckless” immigration policy decision to terminate the public health rule known as Title 42. By doing so, the number of illegal immigrants expected...
by Star News Staff | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
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by The Center Square | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
by Benjamin Yount One Republican candidate for governor in Wisconsin wants to pay lawmakers less in order to get them to think more about service. Republican Kevin Nicholson wants to classify the State Assembly and State Senate as part-time jobs, and cut their...
by Star News Staff | Apr 3, 2022 | National, News
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by The Center Square | Apr 3, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
by T.A. DeFeo Georgia voters soon could decide whether to allow sports wagering and casino gambling. The House Economic Development and Tourism Committee signed off this week on versions of Senate Resolution 135 and Senate Bill 142. If approved, voters could...
