by Peter D'Abrosca | May 2, 2022
After about 24 hours of being locked out, The Tennessee Star’s Twitter account has been unlocked, and its full functionality restored. “After The Tennessee Star reported a factual story on Friday about Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) signing a bill into...
by Cooper Moran | May 2, 2022
Kari Lake and Karrin Taylor Robson remain the top two leaders in the Arizona GOP gubernatorial primary, new polling finds. The survey, administered by The Trafalgar Group, gave Lake 38 percent of the support and Taylor Robson 27 percent. Former Congressman Matt Salmon...
by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
by George Rasley Earlier this week Biden announced that the Department of Homeland Security would be launching a “Disinformation Governance Board,” which will be headed by executive director Nina Jankowicz. Katelyn Caralle, of the UK’s Daily...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 2, 2022
Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers voiced optimism last week that the commonwealth’s onerous Corporate Net Income Tax (CNIT) might finally soon get reduced, given a recent overwhelming State House vote to do so. At 9.99 percent, the Keystone State’s CNIT is the...
by Aaron Gulbransen | May 2, 2022
During its last week of session, the Tennessee General Assembly overwhelmingly approved legislation targeting organized street racing. State Representative John Gillespie (R-Memphis) and State Senator John Stevens (R-Huntingdon) sponsored the legislation, which was...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 2, 2022
On Friday, Connecticut’s House of Representatives passed a bill prohibiting companies’ management from requiring workers to listen to discussions regarding labor organization, politics, or religion. The AFL-CIO, to which more than 200,000 Connecticut workers belong,...
by Cooper Moran | May 2, 2022
Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), joined by Democrat Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), introduced legislation to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. The bill, entitled the Leveraging our National Laboratories to Develop Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders Act,...
by Eric Burk | May 2, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin is celebrating his first 100 days in office with a video highlighting key accomplishments including an executive order banning divisive concepts in schools; signing a bipartisan school mask mandate ban; bipartisan legislation protecting cats...
by The Center Square | May 2, 2022
by Benjamin Yount More parents in Wisconsin are getting behind the idea of school choice. The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows 58% of voters in the state support the idea of ending limits on vouchers for private or religious schools. That would open up...
by Cooper Moran | May 2, 2022
The leading candidates in the race for the Republican nomination to represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate are making their final pitch to voters as the election draws close. J.D. Vance, Josh Mandel, Mike Gibbons, and Matt Dolan are attempting to sell voters on their...
by The Center Square | May 2, 2022
by Scott McClallen The Michigan Democratic Party and another group are challenging the petition signatures of three Michigan GOP gubernatorial challengers. Lawyers filed challenges against former Detroit police Chief James Craig, conservative commentator Tudor...
by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
by Rupert Darwall Sin, punishment, redemption: as an ideology, environmentalism shares many features with organized religion. Falling after Easter this year, Earth Day, which was celebrated April 22, focuses on the sin-and-punishment parts of the trilogy....
by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
by Sebastian Hughes As the midterm elections approach, a number of important party primary races have yet to determine a nominee. Many of the races still don’t have a clear frontrunner, despite fast-approaching election dates and millions of dollars spent,...
by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
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by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
by Abigail Streetman The Communist Party at the University of Florida (UF) has officially “come back” after disbanding following the Student Government spring elections. The party announced the “renewal” of the group in an Apr. 10 Instagram post...
by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
by Thomas Catenacci Renewable energy prices have skyrocketed while new wind and solar installations have plummeted over the last year, even as governments continue to forge ahead with ambitious climate plans. While the U.S., European Union, other Western...
by The Center Square | May 2, 2022
by Anthony Hennen A bill with some momentum in the General Assembly would expand school choice with public funding, but may struggle to become law despite public opinion that supports it. The Pennsylvania House passed an education bill to give students in...
by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
by Philip Lenczycki China and Iran agreed to strengthen military ties during talks in Tehran on Wednesday, according to Chinese state-run media. China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe met with Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran for high-level talks, where...
by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
by Jeffrey H. Anderson Voters appear poised to clobber the party that brought us COVID lockdowns, mask and vaccine mandates, and inflation. Indeed, rising inflation has largely resulted from COVID-related disincentives to work, disrupted supply chains, and...
by Star News Staff | May 2, 2022
by Stevie Gibbs “Observing Whiteness in Introductory Physics: A Case Study” was published last month in Physical Review Physics Education Research. The study observed three students as they worked to solve a physics problem and analyzed how...
by The Center Square | May 2, 2022
by T.A. DeFeo A shrinking gross domestic product could cost Georgia taxpayers and is likely to hurt middle-class Georgians in particular as the country appears headed toward a recession, a non-profit policy group said this week. “The tab is coming due for...
