by Julie Carr | Apr 22, 2022
Neil W. McCabe, the national political editor of The Star News Network, covered the April 20, 2022, Bristol, PA., townhall, featuring GOP Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz and former Housing and Urban Development head Dr. Ben Carson, which was hosted by talk radio’s...
by Cooper Moran | Apr 22, 2022
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Friday to strip Walt Disney World’s special status that granted the amusement park broad powers to self-govern. The old agreement, which took place in 1967, permitted the venue to work as a quasi-governmental agency...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Apr 22, 2022
The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) rallied U.S. students to participate in their annual Day of Silence Friday, during which the students are supposed to vow to remain silent in school, apparently to draw attention to claims of “anti-LGBTQ...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Apr 22, 2022
The administration of self-described “Catholic” Joe Biden will junk the Donald Trump administration’s 2019 rule that sought to protect the rights of healthcare workers to refuse to participate in abortions and transgender treatments that violate their faith beliefs....
by Susan Berry, PhD | Apr 22, 2022
A federal judge has temporarily halted a new Kentucky law that blocked the state’s last two remaining abortion clinics from performing the procedure. Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings, a Donald Trump appointee, of U.S. District Court of the Western District of Kentucky,...
by Star News Staff | Apr 22, 2022
by Victor Davis Hanson America these last 14 months resembles a dystopia. It is becoming partly the world of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, partly the poet Homer’s land of the Lotus-Eaters. Nothing seems to be working. And no one in control seems to...
by Bradley Vasoli | Apr 22, 2022
Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore and gubernatorial candidate Jake Corman (R-Bellefonte) appeared on Bannon’s WarRoom with host Stephen K. Bannon Thursday to discuss his proposed reforms to make elections more secure in his state. Corman promised to call for...
by Grant Holcomb | Apr 22, 2022
A number of Florida’s House Democrats staged a protest on the floor of the Florida House to voice their opposition to Republicans’ efforts around congressional redistricting yesterday. Due to the protest, the Florida House’s procedures were temporarily halted....
by Star News Staff | Apr 22, 2022
by Evan Stambaugh The Minnesota Supreme Court has granted a case review for eight Minneapolis residents appealing a lower court’s decision that argues the mayor of Minneapolis does not have a duty to employ police officers. According to a news release from the...
by Cooper Moran | Apr 22, 2022
Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Whaley signaled her support for a vaccine mandate for children in an interview with The Ohio Capital Journal. Whaley, who covered her positions on multiple issues in the interview, compared a coronavirus vaccine mandate to...
by Cooper Moran | Apr 22, 2022
Milwaukee Public Schools announced on Tuesday that students will be forced to comply with another mask mandate, after the school district lifted the policy for one day. According to the school district, cases among students and staff increased, influencing leaders to...
by Cooper Moran | Apr 22, 2022
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and reinforced his support for GOP challenger David Perdue. Additionally, the former president connected Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to an effort to remove Congressman...
by Bradley Vasoli | Apr 22, 2022
A review of Connecticut’s salary records published by the center-right Yankee Institute (YI) Thursday indicated that 2,927 state employees received higher salaries than the governor in 2021. State statute confers a $150,000 yearly salary on Governor Ned Lamont (D)....
by The Center Square | Apr 22, 2022
by Tom Joyce The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed county prosecutor Rachel Mitchell as its County Attorney on Wednesday in a unanimous vote. Mitchell has served in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for 30 years. Most recently, she served...
by The Center Square | Apr 22, 2022
by Scott McClallen Attorney General Dana Nessel entered a proposed settlement with Consumers Energy Company to end its use of coal by 2025 — 15 years earlier than originally planned. The proposed settlement with Consumers Energy is in its integrated resource...
by Eric Burk | Apr 22, 2022
Delegate Irene Shin (D-Fairfax) called Governor Glenn Youngkin a “wolf in fleece clothing” after he amended her bill to protect people wearing religious items against discrimination. Youngkin’s amendments to HB 1063 expand the definition of...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 22, 2022
On the heels of the news that former World Series Most Valuable Player and Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Dave Stewart will lead a Diverse Equity Ownership Initiative for the Music City Stars baseball organization, Stewart told The Tennessee Star that George...
by Eric Burk | Apr 22, 2022
The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) has agreed to pay $200,000 in legal fees to organizations that led a 2021 lawsuit over delays in employment claims processing. In a press release, the VEC said, “After the May 25, 2021, settlement, Legal Aid subsequently...
by Star News Staff | Apr 22, 2022
by Brian Lonergan Given the destruction illegal immigration has been causing our country over the last several decades, it is fair to ask how we got here. How have a significant portion of citizens come to embrace policies that result in lawlessness, violence,...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Apr 22, 2022
Williamson County Republican judicial candidate Connie Reguli is running in the May 3 GOP primary against incumbent Juvenile Court Judge Sharon Guffee, who she named in a lawsuit over a decade ago. Reguli named Guffee and several others, including the state of...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 22, 2022
The Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce (GCC) will continue its flirtation with the political left by hosting a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) summit next month. “Exposure to diversity alters the way individuals think by promoting creativity and...
