by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, News, TechLife
One of the most popular right-wing Twitter accounts Wednesday said that it has been banned from using an online link-sharing service. “Linktree just deleted my account citing ‘inappropriate use of this service,'” said Twitter account LibsOfTikTok....
by Julie Carr | Apr 29, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
In the 5:50 a.m. segment of The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy on Thursday, host Michael Patrick Leahy called on his friend Matt Boyle to correct a major factual error in his Breitbart article published Wednesday about the Tennessee Republican...
by Star News Staff | Apr 29, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Victor Davis Hanson Elon Musk has finally managed to buy Twitter. And the moment he did, the enraged Left flipped out. Abruptly leftists began trashing their favorite electronic communications platform as the domain of the nation’s elite, professional...
by Cooper Moran | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk will join J.D. Vance on the campaign trail in the final days of the U.S. Senate primary contest in Ohio. According to a release from the Vance campaign, the duo will make appearances across the...
by Bradley Vasoli | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) and leaders of the Democrat-controlled General Assembly are touting a $24 billion budget deal for the next fiscal year that contains almost $600 million in tax reduction. Most of the tax relief, however, will only remain in effect...
by Cooper Moran | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, Minnesota, The Upper-Midwest
The Minnesota Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to expand access to broadband internet for residents throughout the state. The bill, SF 4019, will send $210 million from the federal government to improve services in the state. “Many Minnesotans, especially in...
by Bradley Vasoli | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
Gabriel Hernandez-Mendez, the father of former Pennsylvania congressman and current Republican gubernatorial candidate Lou Barletta’s grandchild, received a 1-2 year sentence on Tuesday for a hit-and-run. The incident, which occurred in June, left 15-year-old...
by Eric Burk | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
State Senator Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) is running for the GOP nomination for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Reeves said his experience in the General Assembly gives him the skills needed to enact his priorities: bringing Congress back to following...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives this week are working to force a floor vote on a bill authored by a Florida Congressman that would ban biological males from competing in female athletics. “I, Jim Banks, move to discharge the Committee on...
by Star News Staff | Apr 29, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Jeffery Rendall “I’m not sure, I think I need a couple more minutes to decide.” We’ve all been in a restaurant scenario where, once the party is seated, the server makes repeated visits to the table and one or more members of the group equivocates and...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
In a victory for parental rights, a bill Thursday was signed into law giving Georgia’s parents the right to challenge books and other school materials that they find offensive. “No later than January 1, 2023, each local board of education shall adopt a...
by Cooper Moran | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
A new poll from business intelligence firm Morning Consult showed that Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is “underwater” with voters as the November election draws closer. More individuals disapprove of his job performance than those who support it....
by Cooper Moran | Apr 29, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey is stepping down from her role as the head of the state agency. According to a release from Governor Bill Lee’s office, Piercey is accepting a role in the private sector. Her last day in the position...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Apr 29, 2022 | Science & Technology, Tennessee, The Tennessee Star
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) has signed a bill that makes ivermectin, an antiviral drug that has been found to be an effective early treatment for COVID-19, available in the state without a prescription. Lee signed SB 2188, approved by the State Senate, 66-20, and...
by Neil W. McCabe | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, News, Ohio, The Midwest
The lawyer representing Sarah Chambers in the defamation lawsuit filed by Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Blystone against Chambers after his former co-campaign manager gave the Ohio Elections Commission a 51-page compendium of campaign finance violations...
by Julie Carr | Apr 29, 2022 | National, News, TSNN Reports
Neil W. McCabe, the national political editor of The Star News Network, interviewed radio talk show host John Fredericks ‘The Godzilla of Truth’ about how his show is different from other shows just after he hosted an April town meeting with Pennsylvania...
by Bethany Bowman | Apr 29, 2022 | Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music, National
Every once in a great while I get sent music to listen to that just stops me in my tracks. I indeed lean toward traditional country when I seek out new music, but clever lyric writing is equally important. However, if you are lucky, you get something that is unique...
by Eric Burk | Apr 29, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
The Virginia Senate defeated Governor Glenn Youngkin’s effort to require the entire Loudoun County School Board to run for re-election this year. Youngkin had amended Delegate David Reid’s (D-Loudoun) HB 1138, originally created to facilitate beginning a...
by Laura Baigert | Apr 29, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Metro Nashville Councilman for District 19 Freddie O’Connell announced, according to The Tennessean on Thursday, that he plans to run as Nashville’s next mayor in 2023. O’Connell has been a councilmember since 2015, serving the downtown and Germantown area of...
by RealClearWire | Apr 29, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Steve Miller The pathway to a green future involves taking millions of acres of pristine wilderness and turning them into fields of windmills and hot expanses of glistening panels. The Biden administration’s goal of supplying 40% of the nation’s energy from...
by The Center Square | Apr 29, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
by Tom Joyce Arizona will now allow patients the right to try medical remedies that could save their lives but have not been given government approval for use. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments (SB1163) on Monday this...
