Enrollment on the Rise at Nearly Every University of Tennessee Campus

by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 26, 2022

The University of Tennessee (UT) recently announced that enrollment at nearly every UT campus across the state has increased. Total enrollment is up nearly 4% across the UT System! At today's Executive Committee meeting, @UT_President reported the newest...

Group Sounds Alarm on Arizona Voting Machine Readers Lacking Accreditation

by Rachel Alexander | Sep 26, 2022

For the last year and a half, a group of individuals in Arizona have been investigating the lack of accreditation of the laboratories that certify voting machine readers used in Arizona. Concerned that the machines are susceptible to manipulation — not just fully...

Julie Kelly Commentary: Fair Trials Are Impossible for January 6 Defendants

by Admin | Sep 26, 2022

by Julie Kelly   Odds are jurors in Douglas Austin Jensen’s trial took longer to fill out the verdict forms than they took to decide his fate. After only a few hours of deliberations on Friday, 12 residents of the nation’s capital found Jensen guilty on seven...

Pennsylvania Union Contract Pits Steel Workers Against Union Officials

by The Center Square | Sep 26, 2022

by Anthony Hennen    A controversial union contract at a steelworks plant has pitted workers against their union representatives. Though workers twice rejected a contract, union officials ratified it with management. Now, workers who want to decertify the union...

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich Cheers Pima County Judge Ruling Which Reinstates Territorial-Era Law

by Neil Jones | Sep 26, 2022

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) applauded the ruling from a Pima County judge Friday, which reinstated Arizona’s law prohibiting abortions. “A Pima County judge lifted an injunction that was placed on Arizona’s abortion statute,”...

Stores Implementing New Ideas to Keep Up with Inflation

by Admin | Sep 26, 2022

by John Hugh DeMastri   Financial executives across the retail industry have been forced to adjust strategies to account for customer expectations as inflation puts pressure on outlets, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Major retailers,...

Commentary: Can’t Forget the Motor City

by Star News Staff | Sep 26, 2022

by Lloyd Billingsley   “In the 1950s,” writes J. Eric Wise in “The French Exit: A Detroit Love Story,” Detroit was “outwardly living well, a very healthy city, technologically advanced, with economic diversity, prosperity, peace, and civil life supporting the...

Nation’s Second-Largest School District Stocks Overdose Reversal Drugs After Student Deaths

by Admin | Sep 26, 2022

by Reagan Reese   The second-largest school district in the country is stocking its schools with naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug, following student deaths, according to a Thursday news release. In the recent weeks, nine students have died from...

Minnesota Board on Aging Awards $750,000 to Dementia Outreach, Support Organizations

by The Center Square | Sep 26, 2022

by Mary Stroka   Minnesota taxpayers will spend nearly $750,000 on funding for 11 organizations that are to help families facing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The Minnesota Board on Aging announced the awards grants earlier this week. Alzheimer’s...

Most Americans Believe Migrants Should Be Sent to Sanctuary Cities, Poll Finds

by Admin | Sep 26, 2022

by Laurel Duggan   The majority of Americans believe illegal immigrants should be sent to sanctuary cities, a new poll from Scott Rasmussen and RMG Research Inc found. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent 50 migrants last week to Martha’s Vineyard, which...

Caryn Sullivan Commentary: A Gaslit Mom Will Vote Republican for the First Time

by Star News Staff | Sep 26, 2022

by Caryn Sullivan   The 2022 midterm election is officially underway in Minnesota, as early voting commenced Friday. Recent polls showed the economy, crime, and abortion were in the forefront of voters’ minds. Then Minnesota made international news again when...