by Star News Staff | Sep 4, 2022
by Reagan Reese A Washington school board approved a policy on Aug. 24 prohibiting the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in classrooms. The Kennewick School Board in Kennewick, Washington, voted 5-0 on a policy which bans educators from teaching...
by Star News Staff | Sep 4, 2022
by Jack McEvoy Democratic legislators in California passed a bill on Monday that will create an unelected state-run board to impose minimum wage and working conditions standards on the state’s fast food restaurants. The bill, known as A.B. 257, will establish a...
by Star News Staff | Sep 4, 2022
by Laquitta Q They gave me a truck. They gave me food. They gave me a warm bed. They helped me find a job. They loved me when I felt no one else did. And they asked for nothing in return. One might start contemplating what wealthy relative I stumbled upon to...
by RealClearWire | Sep 4, 2022
by Joe Grogan Promising new medicines could soon be available to help patients fend against this disease. Government must ensure Medicare is able to cover them. Approximately six million Americans are living with some form of Alzheimer’s, a number poised to...
by Neil Jones | Sep 4, 2022
Jerry Brown, director of public relations for St. Mary’s Food Bank, told The Arizona Sun Times that the number of families seeking food in Arizona has risen in recent months. “To give you an example at St. Mary’s Food Bank,” Brown said Friday....
by Star News Staff | Sep 4, 2022
by Laurel Duggan A sex writer at Men’s Health said that his preference for female bodies was a fetish in a Thursday column. A male reader wrote that he was exclusively attracted to people with female genitalia and didn’t care about his partners’ gender...
by The Center Square | Sep 4, 2022
by Jon Styf Nashville was rated as the fifth-best real estate market in the country in a new report from WalletHub. The finance website rated the country’s top 300 cities based upon 17 factors to gauge the current environment based upon everything from building...
by Star News Staff | Sep 4, 2022
– – – Photo “Melina Abdullah” by California State LA. Photo “Shalomyah Bowers” by Black Lives Matter. Background Photo “Black Lives Matter Flag” by Fibonacci Blue. CC BY...
by ADN America | Sep 4, 2022
by Joshua Shin Recent reports indicate a dramatic political shift for Hispanic Americans, citing a defection from the left toward the right. While some mainstream media accounts dispute the shift, other national surveys are missing the on-the-ground factors...
by Star News Staff | Sep 4, 2022
by Hans von Spakovsky If a politician from Florida decides to run for president in 2024, his (or her) home state will be short two votes in the Electoral College, and when the new session of the U.S. House of Representatives convenes in January 2023, Florida...
by The Center Square | Sep 4, 2022
by Anthony Hennen A new report questions the narrative of a “teacher shortage” in Pennsylvania, pointing out significant declines in student enrollments even as public school employment has risen. “Since 2000, Pennsylvania public school enrollment has dropped...
by The Center Square | Sep 4, 2022
by Benjamin Yount Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol are pretty much dismissing the idea of an inspector general at the state’s Elections Commission from the start. Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe on Wednesday asked the Legislature...
by The Center Square | Sep 4, 2022
by T.A. DeFeo Georgia plans to spend about $20 million on a program to give teachers and school employees a $125 bonus, a state official confirmed on Friday. Georgia announced the “Back-to-School Supply Supplement” program in July. Under the plan,...
by The Center Square | Sep 4, 2022
by Bethany Blankley Florida is expanding its purchase of electric transit and school buses statewide through funding made available from a national 2016-era EPA Volkswagen settlement. Of the state’s $166 million allotment, more than $68 million was awarded to...
by The Center Square | Sep 4, 2022
by Lawrence Wilson The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $67,294 in unpaid wages for 29 workers after Akron, Ohio, based employer McNeil and NRM Inc. failed to pay them for two and a half months this year. “Workers cannot be expected to bear the burden of...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 4, 2022
Piedmont Lithium officials announced Thursday that the company would invest $582 million to establish a lithium hydroxide processing, refining, and manufacturing facility in Etowah. The new facility will be located at the North Etowah Industrial Park, creating 117 new...
by Neil Jones | Sep 4, 2022
Arizona Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05) invited White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to tour the southern border after she made false claims about border crossings. “White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s continued dismissal of the...
