by Star News Staff | Aug 11, 2022
by Aaron Gulbransen | Aug 11, 2022
Metro Nashville Council posted the meeting agenda for its Tuesday, August 16 meeting, highlighted by a resolution accepting a grant to promote vaccines and resolutions spending over $50 million in American Rescue Plan funds. RS2022-1708, sponsored by councilmembers...
by Eric Burk | Aug 11, 2022
Ten new fellows will join the Virginia Management Fellows program, a joint project between Virginia Tech and the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management aimed at preparing fellows for permanent roles in Virginia agencies. The 10 fellows will be part of the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 11, 2022
The deadline to purchase tickets for the 2022 Tennessee Conservation Raffle, held by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation (TWRF), is Sunday at 11:59 p.m. central. One hundred percent of the funds from the raffle will be used to support wildlife habitat...
by Aaron Gulbransen | Aug 11, 2022
Ohio’s 1st Congressional District Democrat nominee Greg Landsman used his official office to coordinate and introduce a partnership with a company where his wife works as an executive. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Greg Landsman, a Cincinnati City councilman,...
by Star News Staff | Aug 11, 2022
by Jarrett Stepman “He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.” Those were the words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, referring to the depredation of...
by The Center Square | Aug 11, 2022
by Richie Malouf President Joe Biden signed the veterans health care bill known as the PACT Act Wednesday, expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxins. After a short struggle between Senate Democrats and Republicans, the PACT Act has been...
by RealClearWire | Aug 11, 2022
by John Hendrickson In a vote of 95-1, the United States Senate approved the expansion of NATO (North American Treaty Organization) by allowing membership to two new nations Sweden and Finland. The only Senator to vote “no” was Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO)....
by RealClearWire | Aug 11, 2022
by John R. Lott Jr. The shooting that killed three people and injured another at a Greenwood, Indiana, mall on July 17 drew broad national attention because of how it ended – when 22-year-old Elisjsha Dicken, carrying a licensed handgun, fatally shot the...
by Star News Staff | Aug 11, 2022
by Reagan Reese Harvard University’s request for an endowment tax cut was denied despite frequent lobbying to Senate Democrats for its inclusion in the Inflation Reduction Act. The Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 with tax increases on...
by Star News Staff | Aug 11, 2022
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 11, 2022
One day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach home on Monday, agents seized the cellphone belonging to U.S. Representative Scott Perry (R-PA-10), eliciting outrage on his side of the political aisle. The FBI has...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 11, 2022
Three cities in Tennessee are among the cheapest places to live in the United States, according to a recently published Kiplinger report. To measure the cheapest cities in the United States, Kiplinger calculated the cost of living in 267 cities using a standard...
by The Center Square | Aug 11, 2022
by T.A. DeFeo The slight drop in the rise of consumer prices may only be a momentary bit of relief as federal policy could make matters worse, a Georgia nonprofit said. On Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said the Consumer Price Index for All...
by Star News Staff | Aug 11, 2022
by Anthony Gockowski Political newcomer Jim Schultz defeated Doug Wardlow in the Republican primary for Minnesota attorney general Tuesday night. Schultz was endorsed by the state party and has the backing of police, but Wardlow’s name recognition from his 2018...
by Star News Staff | Aug 11, 2022
by Gabe Kaminsky Democratic Michigan congressional nominee Robert Lorinser claimed it could be “proper and ethical” for children suffering from a “terminal illness” to receive a medically assisted suicide, according to a Facebook post obtained by the Daily...
by The Center Square | Aug 11, 2022
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin’s Republican race for governor was over almost as soon as the first vote totals came in. Business magnate Tim Michels was much closer to former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in Milwaukee County than many people expected, and that...
by Rachel Alexander | Aug 11, 2022
Eight ballot initiatives are on the Arizona ballot this fall, with three still waiting for approval after submitting petition signatures. One of those three is the Protection from Predatory Debt Collection Act (PPDCA) which is being challenged by the Goldwater...
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 11, 2022
Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Paduchik this week condemned the search of former President Donald Trump’s residence at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as executed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday. Many in the ex-president’s party...
by The Center Square | Aug 11, 2022
by Brent Addleman The picture for Connecticut’s November general election cleared with Tuesday’s primary. The Election Day turnout of 20.37% cast ballots to determine who qualifies for the November election for one U.S. Senate seat, five U.S. House seats,...
by Eric Burk | Aug 11, 2022
The Blue Ridge Poison Control Center is seeing a rise in calls related to THC, including Delta-8 THC exposures among children, Director Christopher Holstege told a taskforce on Tuesday, echoing concerns nationally from the CDC issued in 2021. “Certainly my...