by Star News Staff | Aug 2, 2022
by Art Benavidez A Democrat-leaning organization recently filed signatures that calls for a new constitutional amendment in the upcoming 2022 election. Promote the Vote, which successfully ran a ballot proposal that created no-excuse absentee voting and...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 2, 2022
On primary election day in Arizona, gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s campaign is disputing a recent Emerson poll that shows her in a statistical tie with her main opponent, Karrin Taylor Robson. The poll, which was conducted between July 28 and July 30 among...
by Steve Stewart | Aug 2, 2022
After losing court battles over the constitutionality of local ordinances that ban conversion therapy, a gay-rights group – the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council – is asking Palm Beach County and Boca Raton to repeal their bans on the practice. The group is not...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 2, 2022
While early voting remained a dead heat between gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and opponent Karrin Taylor Robson, a poll shows that primary-day voters are expected to vote for Lake in droves. “Voting is already underway and Lake is dominating among voters who...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Aug 2, 2022
The nation’s first class-action lawsuit for healthcare workers fighting COVID vaccine mandates has led to a $10.3 million settlement agreement, filed Friday, for the workers who were denied religious exemptions from the shot mandate and terminated when they did not...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 2, 2022
The Middle District of Tennessee, which includes Nashville, will likely be receiving a new U.S. attorney after the Biden administration tapped a new lawyer for the job. “These individuals were chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Aug 2, 2022
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and 21 of their Republican colleagues introduced a legislative package to clarify and strengthen violent crime laws related to homicide, bank robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, and other offenses,...
by Neil Jones | Aug 2, 2022
U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino announced last week that Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Lokey was appointed as the district election officer for Arizona in connection with the approaching Tuesday primary election. “Election Day is an opportunity for Arizona’s...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 2, 2022
Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) penned an op-ed condemning the Biden administration’s recent visit to Colombia to meet with the new Colombian president-elect Gustavo Petro. Petro is the first leftist to get elected to the post and previously served as a guerilla...
by Grant Holcomb | Aug 2, 2022
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D), who is running for governor in 2022 in the Democrat primary, called Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and his fellow Florida Republicans “creepy” for opposing sexual content being taught in Florida’s public schools....
by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 2, 2022
The Battle of Franklin Trust recently announced that it is putting an end to weddings and events at three historic plantation sites it manages in Williamson County – the Carnton home, Carter House, and Rippavilla. The Battle of Franklin Trust is a 501(c)(3)...
by Bethany Bowman | Aug 2, 2022
When I discovered Charly Reynolds on Instagram nearly two years ago via a livestream, she had an infectious energy that made me want to learn more about her. Now on the cusp of her newest release, “Rodeo,” I was able to learn more about this charismatic country...
by RealClearWire | Aug 2, 2022
by Vance Ginn and Erik Randolph Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently responded to questions about California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ads airing in Florida, “It’s almost hard to drive people out of a place like California given all their natural advantages, and...
by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 2, 2022
Tennesseans may notice their grocery bills are a little less this month, as Gov Bill Lee announced Monday that the long-awaited suspension of tax on groceries went into effect state-wide. The governor first proposed the idea in March. “As Americans see their...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Aug 2, 2022
Laurie Cardoza Moore’s told The Tennessee Star Monday her views about the race for the Tennessee House of Representatives in the August 4 Republican primary, emphasizing her conservative credentials. “As a concerned American and strong constitutionalist, I...