by Susan Berry, PhD | Jul 4, 2022
U.S. Marine Carl Spurlin Dekel, who turned 100 years old on June 29, mourned the decline of America in a Fox 13 News interview, tearfully lamenting, “Our country’s going to hell!” “People don’t realize what they have,” Dekel said. “They bitch about it. And, then,...
by Bradley Vasoli | Jul 4, 2022
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) issued reprieves of execution on Friday to Antonio Sanchez Franklin and Stanley Fitzpatrick, citing “ongoing problems” with obtaining needed substances from pharmaceutical companies. The now-43-year-old Franklin was scheduled to receive a...
by Laura Baigert | Jul 4, 2022
The vote of five members of the City of Hendersonville Board of Mayor and Alderman (BOMA) halted a ballot initiative that would allow residents to vote on term limits for the city alderman and mayor. The vote on Ordinance 2202-09 relative to term limits for members of...
by Eric Burk | Jul 4, 2022
Virginia ranks 43 – in the bottom 10 – in the 2022 State Campaign Finance Index, which ranks the 50 states plus Washington, D.C., based on state laws around campaign finance and funding transparency for state legislative and executive races. “How these races are...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jul 4, 2022
The campaign of former Brigadier General Kurt Winstead, a Republican candidate in the August 4 primary for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, announced an endorsement by a woke union, IAFF Local 4381 Columbia Firefighters Association on Tuesday. IAFF Local 4381...
by Rachel Alexander | Jul 4, 2022
Arizona’s Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County has been outspoken about taking action on the local level when the Biden administration will not, recently starting the Protect America Now (PAN) to bring sheriffs together with patriotic Americans on important issues like...
by Cooper Moran | Jul 4, 2022
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr on Friday officially launched the state’s ‘Gang Prosecution Unit’ to target criminals connected to gang networks throughout the state. The new unit will work under the same division as the Attorney General’s...
by The Center Square | Jul 4, 2022
by Kimberly James Connecticut residents will see an increase in their electricity bills beginning in July. The Public Utility Regulatory Authority has approved a rare summer electricity rate increase for both residential and business customers, effective July 1...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jul 4, 2022
As Tennessee’s unvaccinated National Guardsmen face an uncertain future after Thursday’s deadline to take the COVID-19 jab or be fired has come and gone, one member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee has taken action at the federal level....
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jul 4, 2022
Early voting is slated to start in Tennessee on July 15 for the August 4 elections for federal and state primaries, as well as for local elections. Early voting will run from July 15 through July 30. According to the Tennessee Secretary of State’s website,...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jul 4, 2022
Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn is slated to appear as the special guest at a July 29 get out the vote BBQ for Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs’ reelection campaign. The election for Knox County mayor coincides with federal and state primary elections and...
by Bradley Vasoli | Jul 4, 2022
As July begins, Pennsylvania enters into Fiscal Year 2022-23 without an FY 22-23 budget. Republicans who control the General Assembly and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf have yet to agree on all facets of the spending plan. Altogether, the governor has proposed allotting...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jul 4, 2022
After an attempted arson at a pro-life pregnancy center, Tennessee’s governor is speaking out. “This is terrorism and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Governor Bill Lee (R) said Thursday in response to news that the Federal...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Jul 4, 2022
COLUMBIA, Tennessee – Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Scott Golden spoke with The Tennessee Star recently about the biggest event of the year: the 45th Annual Statesmen’s Dinner. “This year is the 45th Annual Statesmen’s Dinner. It’s...
by Eric Burk | Jul 4, 2022
The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association (VHAA) launched a new dashboard showing inpatient psychiatric admissions at both state-run and private hospitals in Virginia. “As we work to strengthen and enhance the behavioral health care system, while also...
by Star News Staff | Jul 4, 2022
by Pafoua Yang A hotline set up by Gov. Tim Walz’s administration to monitor compliance with his 2020 stay-at-home order generated thousands of reports from Minnesotans who snitched on their neighbors for things like playing basketball in a park, walking their...
