by Neil Jones | Jun 19, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill into law Friday that requires anti-Communist civics education to be taught in Arizona high schools. House Bill (HB) 2008 directs the State Board of Education to update its high school social studies academic standards, which only included...
by Star News Staff | Jun 19, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Ellie Gardey The American Civil Liberties Union hosted a podcast earlier this month in which a man who identifies as non-binary, Alok Vaid-Menon, argued that society should discard the “gender binary.” People who do not affirm transgender and non-binary...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jun 19, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Robinson told The Tennessee Star at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority Conference on Friday that the “American Dream is absolutely not dead.” “It’s like I said to a group today,...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jun 19, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett was charged with a DUI after attending the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Coffee County on Friday. According to The Tennessee Journal, the secretary was at the event “from Friday afternoon through around 11:30 p.m....
by Star News Staff | Jun 19, 2022 | National, News
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by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2022 | Battleground States, Georgia, The South
by T.A. DeFeo The Georgia Ports Authority moved a record number of twenty-foot equivalent container units in May, eclipsing the previous record set in October 2021. The movement of 519,388 TEUs at the Port of Savannah in May topped the 504,347 TEUs moved in...
by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2022 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
by Benjamin Yount The latest inflation snapshot has the head of Wisconsin’s largest business group talking about energy policy. Kurt Bauer, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce president and CEO, on Wednesday said the latest numbers show the Producer...
by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
by Jon Styf Nashville will consider spending $200,000 on a “stadium study” to evaluate the Tennessee Titans’ claim that the city would owe $1.839 billion under the terms of the team’s current lease if Nissan Stadium in Nashville was renovated...
by Star News Staff | Jun 19, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Christopher Becker “Smokin’ Joe,” a biography of late heavyweight boxing champion and 3-time Muhammad Ali foil Joe Frazier, was recently reviewed by Gordon Marion in The Wall Street Journal. Among the notable details is the fact that five different women...
by RealClearWire | Jun 19, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Grazie Pozo Christie What would it be like to go to work in the morning and find a death threat spray-painted across the façade of your office? What would it be like knowing that a facility just like yours was recently fire-bombed near Buffalo, New York?...
by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2022 | Battleground States, Connecticut, The Northeast
by Brent Addleman Greater safeguards to personal data are the focus of legislation that has now become law in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont said. The governor announced Public Act 22-15 has been signed. The legislation creates a comprehensive set of...
by Admin | Jun 19, 2022 | Battleground States, Florida, The South
– – – Background Photo “Magic Kingdom, Disney World” by Clément Bardot. CC BY-SA 4.0.
by Star News Staff | Jun 19, 2022 | National, News
by Evalyn Homoelle “Would you rather have a dead daughter or a living son?” That’s the question that transgender activists and “gender-affirming” therapists and physicians often hold over parents’ heads when they refuse to allow their gender-dysphoric child to...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jun 19, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The Tennessee Star spoke with the Vice President of Engagement for Lifeline Children’s Services, Rick Morton, at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference about his family’s adoption of children from...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 19, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Preliminary data from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) indicated Tennessee’s unemployment rate for May 2022 increased slightly from March and April’s record-breaking rate of 3.2%. The seasonally adjusted statewide rate for the month of May was...
by Cooper Moran | Jun 19, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Former President Donald Trump spent time with Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) while visiting Tennessee over the weekend. Previously, Hagerty traveled to Florida to visit Trump. According to a tweet from the lawmaker, the duo played a round of golf and discussed “the...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jun 19, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Faith and Freedom Coalition Executive Director Timothy Head spoke with The Tennessee Star about the impact he expects the organization to have on the 2022 midterm elections on Thursday. “We now have a national database of faith-based...
by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
by J.D. Davidson Inflation is taking a toll on startup businesses in Ohio, dropping the state’s new business filings by more than a quarter from a year ago, according to Secretary of State Frank LaRose. LaRose pointed to two surveys from the National Federation...
by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2022 | Battleground States, Michigan, The Upper-Midwest
by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan bill requiring Michigan high schoolers to take a financial literacy class before graduating. “As a mom, I want every kid who graduates in Michigan to enter the world with a diverse set of skills and...
by The Center Square | Jun 19, 2022 | Battleground States, Pennsylvania, The Northeast
by Anthony Hennen The attorney general’s office has charged eight Philadelphia municipal workers, alleging they claimed more than $300,000 in pandemic-related unemployment funds. Thanks to a referral from Philadelphia’s Office of Inspector General, the eight...
by Eric Burk | Jun 19, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon granted beagle-breeder-for-testing Envigo a partial win on Friday, allowing the facility to complete contracts for more than 500 dogs while a Department of Justice lawsuit against the Cumberland facility proceeds. “Those...
