by The Center Square | Aug 18, 2022 | Battleground States, The Upper-Midwest, Wisconsin
by Benjamin Yount One of Wisconsin’s outgoing lawmakers is using the back-to-school rush to push lawmakers to pay teachers more. Rep. Gary Hebl, D-Sun Prairie, on Wednesday released his final back-to-school op-ed in which he says lawmakers must do more....
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 18, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
A U.S. congresswoman applauded the next member of Congress from Wyoming, who won her primary Tuesday night, all but guaranteeing that she will win her November general election in the deep-red state. “The people of Wyoming have clearly spoken. I want to congratulate...
by Eric Burk | Aug 18, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
RICHMOND, Virginia – Governor Glenn Youngkin and First Lady Suzanne Youngkin made an unannounced appearance at the Virginia Board of Education meeting Wednesday, the first board meeting held with a majority of Youngkin-appointed members. The board is considering...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Aug 18, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Nashville Metro Council approved on Tuesday a workaround attempt to sidestep the Tennessee state law banning sanctuary city policies via legislation that bans the use of license plate scanner (LPR) technology. BL2022-1115 amends “Section 13.08.080 of the Metropolitan...
by Rachel Alexander | Aug 18, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, Election Integrity, The West
Trump-endorsed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake filed a lawsuit in April along with Trump-endorsed State Representative Mark Finchem (R-Oro Valley), who is running for Arizona secretary of state, to block the use of electronic voting machines to count ballots...
by Star News Staff | Aug 18, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
by The Center Square | Aug 18, 2022 | National, News
by Bethany Blankley Since President Joe Biden took office and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas altered federal immigration policies, roughly 5 million people from over 150 countries have entered the U.S. illegally. This includes 3.9...
by Star News Staff | Aug 18, 2022 | National, News
by Harold Hutchison Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, said on Fox News Tuesday that the expanded Internal Revenue Service wouldn’t just go after billionaires and large corporations. “They are targeting people that they keep telling us they...
by Star News Staff | Aug 18, 2022 | National, News
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by Star News Staff | Aug 18, 2022 | Commentary, News
by Scott McKay Bush Republicanism, that zombie political persuasion which in its heyday did for the GOP and the conservative movement what Jimmy Carter and Mike Dukakis did for the Democrats, might not quite be dead. But rigor mortis set in several years ago to...
by Star News Staff | Aug 18, 2022 | National, News
by Reagan Reese Despite the COVID-19 pandemic significantly hampering K-12 education, millions of students across the U.S. are working on assignments substantially below their grade level, according to a study released Monday. Readworks, a non-profit focused on...
by Star News Staff | Aug 18, 2022 | National, News
by Harold Hutchison Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said she was considering a run for president in 2024 during a Wednesday morning appearance on “The Today Show.” “I’m not going to make any announcements here this morning, but — but it is something that...
by Star News Staff | Aug 18, 2022 | National, News
by Debra Heine More than 40 percent of pregnant women who participated in Pfizer’s mRNA COVID vaccine trial suffered miscarriages, according internal Pfizer documents, recently released under court order. Despite this, Pfizer, and the Biden administration...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Aug 18, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
Outgoing Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III announced via a press statement on Wednesday that his office reached an agreement in principle with the opioid maker Endo International PLC and its lenders that “would provide up to $450 million to...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Aug 17, 2022 | Battleground States, National, News, School, The Midwest
The grassroots website Awake-Illinois is reporting that only 23 of 860 school districts in the state have decided to adopt radical sex education standards, based on a national model, while 536 districts have thus far opted out. Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) signed SB...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 17, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
As some parts of the state and parts of the country see staffing shortages, the Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) announced that 14 new recruits passed through its police academy. “14 new officers just completed their training and graduated from the...
by Neil Jones | Aug 17, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
Jenny Clark, the founder of Love Your School, spoke with The Arizona Sun Times to explain the newly signed House Bill (HB) 2853, sponsored by State Representative Ben Toma (R-Peoria), which expands the eligibility for Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account...
by Eric Burk | Aug 17, 2022 | Battleground States, The South, Virginia
Attorney General Jason Miyares is warning that the latest congressional budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2023 will cut funding for the Virginia Army National Guard (VANG) Counter Drug unit program by about 10 percent, eliminating several positions. “The current...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Aug 17, 2022 | News, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) joined America Reports on Fox News to discuss the state of U.S. support of Taiwan in the face of aggression from the Chinese Communist Party in the Asia-Pacific region. Hagerty said Monday he believes China is emboldened by what he...
by The Center Square | Aug 17, 2022 | Battleground States, Ohio, The Midwest
by J.D. Davidson The federal government handed out more than twice as much money in COVID-19 funeral reimbursements to Ohioans over the past seven months than it did from the beginning of the program in 2020 until January. As of Aug. 1, FEMA has given more than...
by Neil Jones | Aug 17, 2022 | Arizona, Battleground States, The West
Arizona Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ-04) and other state leaders have spoken out on the number of southern border encounters recorded in July 2022, as recently revealed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency. “For the seventeenth straight...
