by Laura Baigert | Apr 22, 2022
Members of the Tennessee General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday acknowledging that the growth in state government this year exceeds the growth of Tennessean’s income by $3 billion, or 16 percent. The action by the legislature is mandated by the...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 22, 2022
Ohio’s top attorney this week is warning residents of a new class of designer drugs that are more deadly than fentanyl. “Frankenstein opioids are even more lethal than the drugs already responsible for so many overdose deaths,” Attorney General Dave Yost said in...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Apr 22, 2022
U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty criticized the Biden administration’s competence, its handling of Afghanistan, the energy crisis and how it affects the situation in Ukraine, and discussed a recent trip he took to Japan during an exclusive interview with The Tennessee...
by The Center Square | Apr 22, 2022
by Benjamin Yount No one is going to be completely happy with whatever Wisconsin’s new medical marijuana legislation looks like. Sen. Mary Felzkowski, R-Irma, the woman driving the new push for medical pot made that promise on Wednesday as she asked marijuana...
by The Center Square | Apr 22, 2022
by Bethany Blankley The U.S. Department of Interior announced it is making only 20% of eligible acreage for oil and natural gas production available for leasing on federal lands to comply with a federal court order. In his first week in office, President Joe...
by Star News Staff | Apr 22, 2022
by Debra Heine The Florida Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that strips away Disney’s special self-governing status after the company publicly opposed a parental rights bill that was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis late last month. Disney released a...
by The Center Square | Apr 22, 2022
by Casey Harper The U.S. Department of Justice has appealed a federal judge’s ruling overturning the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) mask mandate on planes, trains and in airports. In her ruling to overturn the mandate, U.S. District Judge...
by The Center Square | Apr 22, 2022
by J.D. Davidson Ohio election officials said the state could not hold its second primary any later than Aug. 2, despite an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that suggested the state could easily hold an election later in August or even September. The Ohio Association...
by Star News Staff | Apr 22, 2022
– – – Photo “Election Day 2020” by Phil Roeder. CC BY 2.0.
by Bethany Bowman | Apr 22, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Before I agree to interview an artist, I have to like their music first. But when I heard that Gavin Lee was from Fort Myers, Florida, where my brother was born and many of my relatives still live, I knew I wanted to learn more about this rising...
