by Star News Staff | May 31, 2022
by Bradley Vasoli | May 31, 2022
A bill proposed last week by State Representative Tim Briggs (D-King of Prussia) would bar civilians from buying or possessing body armor in Pennsylvania. His legislation follows efforts on the federal level and in other states to prohibit civilians from acquiring...
by Aaron Gulbransen | May 31, 2022
In an exclusive announcement provided to The Tennessee Star, the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List’s candidate fund political action committee endorsed former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Beth Harwell, in the race for Tennessee’s 5th...
by Cooper Moran | May 31, 2022
Viasat, a global telecommunications giant, announced an expansion in Arizona that will add 1,500 jobs in the state. The new construction will include “a 135,000-square-foot building, an outdoor atrium, open space for events and employee recreation, and a parking...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 31, 2022
After a lengthy waiting period and multiple interruptions, the Democrat primary election for District 2 county commissioner will finally be decided with a hand recount of the ballots. The recount for that position stems from a dramatic primary race between three...
by Cooper Moran | May 31, 2022
Georgia congressional candidate Vernon Jones attended the National Rifle Association convention in Texas over the weekend, as some officials opted to skip the event in the wake of the deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas. In fact, Jones, a former Democrat attempting to...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 31, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Arizona says it has apprehended a convicted sex offender attempting to re-enter the United States illegally. “Three Points Station agents encountered seven adults and two unaccompanied children west of San Miguel,...
by Rachel Alexander | May 31, 2022
State House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R-Mesa) considered sending armed Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers after two conservative legislators during remarks on the State House floor, despite State Representative Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) telling multiple members...
by Cooper Moran | May 31, 2022
Three property owners in Atlanta agreed to pay thousands of dollars in order to settle allegations of racial discrimination from the Department of Justice. Crimson Management LLC, Benefield Housing Partnership, and Cedartown Housing Associates will pay $83,000 to...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 31, 2022
Two employees of a media company that produces the radio show of a controversial Virginia state senator has filed for a restraining order against the elected official, according to court documents obtained by The Virginia Star. State Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)...
by Susan Berry, PhD | May 31, 2022
Members of the community in Darien, Connecticut, joined together in a Zoom call this past week to focus on the warning signs of suicide and mental illness in the wake of the death of a 16-year-old boy last weekend, the third death in two months of teen boys in the...
by Admin | May 31, 2022
by Lloyd Billingsley The 18-member U.S. intelligence community (IC) has released the Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community’s Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities. One of the few to pay attention was historian...
by Cooper Moran | May 31, 2022
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed legislation that will repeal the tax on gold and silver sales in the state. House Bill 1874, which was overwhelmingly passed by the state legislature during their session, will allow residents to purchase the metals without the added...
by Aaron Gulbransen | May 31, 2022
Tennessee’s U.S. senators Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn commemorated Memorial Day and honored those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States of America. Memorial Day is the federal holiday in the United States when U.S. military personnel who...
by Star News Staff | May 31, 2022
by Kyle Hooten Voters in Minnesota’s Second Congressional District favor Republicans to Democrats by a 46-44% margin, according to internal polling obtained by Alpha News. This is good news for Republican Tyler Kistner and bad news for incumbent Democrat Rep....
by Neil Jones | May 31, 2022
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) signed a bill recently banning mask mandates on Arizona government property. “Citizens should not be required to wear a mask to access government services,” said the State Representative Neal Carter (R-Phoenix), who...
by Eric Burk | May 31, 2022
Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, a Marine Corps veteran, spoke at the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 66th Memorial Day Ceremony Monday, honoring the sacrifices made by service members and their families. “The people we are here to honor, to remember,...
by Star News Staff | May 31, 2022
by Benjamin Yount State auditors say almost all of the nearly $21 billion in federal money that came to Wisconsin last year was properly spent. The Legislative Audit Bureau released a report into state spending of federal dollars from the fiscal year 2020-21...
by Star News Staff | May 31, 2022
by Henry Aleksandrov Public universities in Florida are allowing students to add their preferred pronouns to various forms of university identification. In Fall 2021, for example, USF student newspaper The Oracle reported on the school’s plan to begin allowing...
by The Center Square | May 31, 2022
by Scott McClallen An EPIC-MRA poll shows that 93% of likely Michigan voters rated state roads as a “total negative,” with 65% rating them “poor.” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ran and won her campaign in 2018 by promising to “fix the damn roads.” In the poll conducted...
by The Center Square | May 31, 2022
by J.D. Davidson Penalties for fleeing police officers and making false 911 calls would increase if a pair of bills aimed at first-responder safety introduced in the Ohio House become law. House Bill 580, which has had one hearing in the House Criminal Justice...
