by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 16, 2022
Butch Eley, who has been Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration (F&A) since 2020, has now been appointed Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Let's hear it for our new boss man! Please join us in extending...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jun 16, 2022
Tennessee Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives John Rose (R-TN-06) and Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) continued their criticism on Wednesday of the Biden administration’s role in the current inflation crisis, dubbed in some circles as...
by Eric Burk | Jun 16, 2022
The LEGO Group announced plans to build a $1 billion factory in Chesterfield, Virginia, expanding the company’s production to the U.S. The company held a Wednesday press conference with Governor Glenn Youngkin, and executives are highlighting the 1,760 new jobs...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jun 16, 2022
In an exclusive release first obtained by The Tennessee Star, former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Beth Harwell unveiled her first television ad for the August 4 Republican primary in the race for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District seat....
by Grant Holcomb | Jun 16, 2022
In the last week, 2022 gubernatorial hopeful and Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL-13) received endorsements from numerous high-profile officials and groups. The string of endorsements shows a likely narrowing-down of choices in what has been a year-long battle for top...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 16, 2022
The Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration announced Tuesday that overall May state tax revenues exceeded budgeted estimates. On an accrual basis, May is the 10th month in the 2021-2022 fiscal year. ICYMI: @TNDeptofRevenue and F&A release May revenue...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jun 16, 2022
Forty-year Democrat incumbent U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) promoted her involvement in legislation establishing a nationwide tenant eviction moratorium, yet attempted to evict two tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the evictions was requested...
by Cooper Moran | Jun 16, 2022
A detective with the Phoenix Police Department was hospitalized after being ambushed and shot by two individuals, according to the law enforcement office. Two men, identified as Ahmani Gordon and Aaron Ware, approached the car from both sides of the vehicle and fired...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2022
– – – Photo “Jerome Powell” by Federal Reserve.
by The Center Square | Jun 16, 2022
by J.D. Davidson The Ohio Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the state’s municipal income tax code that allowed cities to levy taxes on workers who did not live or work in those communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court agreed to hear The...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2022
– – – Photo “Herschel Walker” by Herschel Walker.
by The Center Square | Jun 16, 2022
by Tom Joyce Arizona law will limit police access to Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program (CSPMP) data. Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill into law that will require law enforcement and criminal justice agencies to provide a valid search warrant to...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2022
by Eric Lendrum A new report reveals how the rate of abortions in the United States has risen significantly in recent years, with as many as 20 percent of all pregnancies being terminated in the year 2020 alone. As reported by the Associated Press, the figures...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2022
by James D. Agresti “For the children we can save,” declared President Biden on June 2, “we should reinstate the assault weapons ban and high-capacity magazines that we passed in 1994.” To support this claim, Biden alleged: And in the 10 years it was law, mass...
by The Center Square | Jun 16, 2022
by Anthony Hennen Pennsylvania’s above-estimate tax revenues have been a boon for its public education system – per-pupil spending hit an all-time high, according to an analysis from the Commonwealth Foundation. In 2020-21, school district spending per student...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2022
by Blake Mauro Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer introduced a bill Tuesday that would levy a 1,000% tax on select semi-automatic rifles and certain ammunition magazines in response to recent mass shootings. The proposed legislation is intended to limit the...
by The Center Square | Jun 16, 2022
by J.D. Davidson Half of the state attorneys general in the country want the Biden administration to walk back new federal guidance on sex-based discrimination for schools and other organizations that receive federal money for food programs. The AGs, 26 of the...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2022
by Brandon J. Weichert Since Russia initiated its brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine, the West has responded with a hearty bellow of “Cry Havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!” Since February 24, NATO has poured nearly all its otherwise limited surplus of...
by The Center Square | Jun 16, 2022
by Richie Malouf The U.S. Census Bureau Wednesday released advance estimates of U.S. retail sales which showed those sales fell 0.4% in May. Motor vehicle and parts dealers took the biggest hit, with sales dropping 3.5%. Electronics and appliance stores sales...
