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Elon Musk Secures Deal to Buy Twitter for $44 Billion

Elon Musk Secures Deal to Buy Twitter for $44 Billion

by Admin | Apr 25, 2022 | National, News, Uncategorized

 – – – Photo “Elon Musk” by JD Lasica. CC BY 2.0. Background Photo “Twitter Headquarters” by Christinatt. CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Real Story of How the Tennessee GOP Followed the Party’s Bylaws to Disqualify Three Candidates from the TN-5 Primary Ballot

The Real Story of How the Tennessee GOP Followed the Party’s Bylaws to Disqualify Three Candidates from the TN-5 Primary Ballot

by Admin | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, News, Tennessee, The South

Many national and local news outlets have reported inaccurately about the process by which the Tennessee Republican Party (TRP) disqualified three candidates from the August 4, 2022 GOP primary ballot in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District on April 19, 2022....
Justice Department Indicts Seven Georgia Residents in Drug Trafficking Scheme

Justice Department Indicts Seven Georgia Residents in Drug Trafficking Scheme

by Cooper Moran | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South

Seven individuals in Georgia were charged for their alleged role in a drug trafficking scheme that led to the overdose of at least one individual. Each of the seven individuals was charged with Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute, which carries a maximum...
Commentary: What Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda Got Right in Central Europe, Ukraine, and the Politics of Security

Commentary: What Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda Got Right in Central Europe, Ukraine, and the Politics of Security

by Star News Staff | Apr 25, 2022 | Commentary, News

by Russell A. Berman   Russia’s invasion not only poses an existential threat to Ukrainian sovereignty, but it also represents a direct challenge to American power and credibility globally. If Vladimir Putin prevails, the promise of the United States to act as a...
Connecticut State Employee Contracts Ratified

Connecticut State Employee Contracts Ratified

by Bradley Vasoli | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast

By a 22-13 vote, Connecticut’s state Senate on Friday ratified contracts with state workers estimated to cost taxpayers roughly $1.9 billion.  The Democrat-controlled state House of Representatives approved the agreements with the State Employee Bargaining Agent...
Former President Donald Trump Endorses Ohio Congressman Mike Carey for Re-election

Former President Donald Trump Endorses Ohio Congressman Mike Carey for Re-election

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Congressman Mike Carey (R-OH-15) for re-election on Thursday. “Congressman Mike Carey is doing a fantastic job representing the people of Ohio’s 15th Congressional District,” Trump said in a statement. “With my...
Minnesotans Demand Permanent Tax Cuts: ‘They’re Stealing from Us’

Minnesotans Demand Permanent Tax Cuts: ‘They’re Stealing from Us’

by Admin | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest

by Pafoua Yang   Minnesotans are calling on Gov. Tim Walz and the Legislature to return the record-breaking $9.3 billion budget surplus to the people by permanently cutting taxes. A crowd gathered inside the Minnesota Capitol rotunda Saturday for the “Give it...
Columbus Challenges Ohio’s ‘Conscience Clause’ with Lawsuit

Columbus Challenges Ohio’s ‘Conscience Clause’ with Lawsuit

by The Center Square | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest

by J.D. Davidson   Ohio’s largest city filed suit Wednesday to stop a new law that allows medical providers to deny treatment based on their beliefs. Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein filed the suit in Franklin County Common Pleas Court on behalf of the...
Budget Compromise Not Expected in Time for Veto Session

Budget Compromise Not Expected in Time for Veto Session

by Eric Burk | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia

The General Assembly will be back in town Wednesday to vote on Governor Glenn Youngkin’s amendments and vetoes to legislation passed earlier this year, but it is unlikely to have a budget compromise ready for approval by then. “Informally, the chairs are...
Wisconsin Rep. Wittke Questions New Higher Ed Financial Aid Study

Wisconsin Rep. Wittke Questions New Higher Ed Financial Aid Study

by The Center Square | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin

by Benjamin Yount   State Rep. Bob Wittke doesn’t want to just look at how much college students in Wisconsin are spending on their education. Wittke, R-Racine, said there needs to be some focus on what universities are spending and what students are getting for...
Pennsylvania Education Secretary Steps Down

Pennsylvania Education Secretary Steps Down

by Bradley Vasoli | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) announced on Friday that his Secretary of Education Noe Ortega is stepping down and that Wolf’s Deputy Chief of Staff Eric Hagarty will replace him. The administration said Ortega will be presently dedicating his free time to his...
New Arizona Law Extends Legal Protections for Victims of Violent Crimes

New Arizona Law Extends Legal Protections for Victims of Violent Crimes

by Cooper Moran | Apr 25, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West

  Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed almost a dozen pieces of legislation into law on Friday, including a bipartisan measure to increase protections for victims of violent crimes. The bill, House Bill 2604, extends the length of an order of protection from one...
Ford Motor Company, University of Tennessee Commit to Multimillion Dollar Partnership

Ford Motor Company, University of Tennessee Commit to Multimillion Dollar Partnership

by Cooper Moran | Apr 25, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South

Ford Motor Company and the University of Tennessee announced a new partnership for “a stream mitigation and restoration agreement” that will focus on water streams located on the University’s Lone Oaks Farm. Lone Oaks Farm is located in West Tennessee and...
Battery Manufacturer to Employ Thousands in Arizona Expansion

Battery Manufacturer to Employ Thousands in Arizona Expansion

by The Center Square | Apr 25, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West

by Tom Joyce   Queen Creek will soon be home to a large new battery manufacturing facility. LG Energy Solution (LGES) announced last month that it is investing $1.4 billion to build its first-ever cylindrical-type battery facility in North America. The company...
Record Number of Hispanic Republicans Are Running for State House in Border State

Record Number of Hispanic Republicans Are Running for State House in Border State

by The Center Square | Apr 25, 2022 | National, News

by Sebastian Hughes   A record number of Hispanics in New Mexico are running for State House seats as members of the Republican Party, Axios reported Tuesday. The state, which has the highest percentage of Hispanics in the country, has 18 Hispanic Republicans...
Whitmer Awards $5 Million for Michigan Government Solar Projects, LED Upgrades

Whitmer Awards $5 Million for Michigan Government Solar Projects, LED Upgrades

by The Center Square | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest

by Bruce Walker   Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has withdrawn $5 million from the state’s new Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund to pay for three energy-efficiency projects. The EERF was included in the governor’s fiscal year 2022 budget recommendation and passed by the...
Commentary: Joe Biden and His Hostility to Conscience Rights

Commentary: Joe Biden and His Hostility to Conscience Rights

by Star News Staff | Apr 25, 2022 | Commentary, News

by George Neumayr   In 2020, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center for forcing a nurse to assist at an abortion. Trump’s Department of Justice called the hospital’s bullying of the nurse “the kind of indecent...
Georgia Officials Won’t Reveal Business Development Incentives Said to Be ‘In Progress’

Georgia Officials Won’t Reveal Business Development Incentives Said to Be ‘In Progress’

by The Center Square | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South

by T.A. DeFeo   Georgia officials have lauded the decisions of companies to either relocate their headquarters or expand their operations in Georgia. Whether the state of Georgia offered tax incentives to those companies is a closely-guarded secret, and taxpayers...
Pennsylvania Still Restricts Nurses’ Scope of Practice, Health Care Options

Pennsylvania Still Restricts Nurses’ Scope of Practice, Health Care Options

by The Center Square | Apr 25, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast

by Anthony Hennen   Though a majority of states allow nurse practitioners full authority to deliver care, Pennsylvania still requires oversight from a physician. A bill in the legislature could change it though, but it’s unclear if it will advance through the...
Free Speech Criticism Has Unlikely Source: The Press

Free Speech Criticism Has Unlikely Source: The Press

by Star News Staff | Apr 25, 2022 | National, News

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Americans Support Trump’s China Tariffs as Republican Senators Push to Remove Them

Americans Support Trump’s China Tariffs as Republican Senators Push to Remove Them

by Star News Staff | Apr 25, 2022 | National, News

by Sebastian Hughes   As GOP senators seek to roll back former President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China now that he’s out of office, polling indicates Americans want to keep the harsh policies in place. “For decades, Congress cut tariffs without much thought....
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