by Susan Berry, PhD | Oct 27, 2022
The heads of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions had little to say following the release Monday of national test scores that showed massive declines in student math and reading achievement following pandemic school closures the unions insisted were necessary for...
by Just the News | Oct 27, 2022
by Just the News Staff A mail truck engulfed in flames in a Georgia county may have carried midterm absentee ballots up in smoke with it, state officials said this week. The Baker County Sheriff’s Office shared photographs of the enflamed mail truck on...
by Star News Staff | Oct 27, 2022
by Trevor Schakohl A jury found the Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade massacre’s perpetrator guilty of six counts of first-degree intentional homicide Wednesday in a weeks-long trial plagued by his pervasive interruptions. Darrell Brooks was convicted of...
by Star News Staff | Oct 27, 2022
by Arjun Singh Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is ahead of his Democratic opponent, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, by double digits in the state’s gubernatorial race, according to a new survey released on Wednesday. DeSantis led Crist by 14%,...
by Just the News | Oct 27, 2022
by Madeleine Hubbard Three men accused of supporting the plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were found guilty Wednesday of providing “material support” for a terrorist act as part of a paramilitary group. A Jackson, Michigan, jury also...
by Hannah Poling | Oct 27, 2022
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) claims that he wants to label fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction” although he previously made a pledge to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 2019 to decriminalize all drug possession....
by Rachel Alexander | Oct 27, 2022
Concerned voters are ramping up efforts to preserve election integrity, and one creative company has created an app to report and share suspicious incidents. VotifyNow is a downloadable app that compiles nationwide reports from observers, such as voters in Arizona...
by Kaitlyn Osteen | Oct 27, 2022
Tennessee U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) introduced the Recycled Plastic Asphalt Act last week that would create a research program for using recycled plastic in asphalt. Burchett said, “If we want to take care of our environment, we need to rely on more...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Oct 27, 2022
Amid historic inflation that has eaten away at Americans’ paychecks, the mayor of Shelby County is calling for the Tennessee General Assembly to pass a law increasing the minimum wage. “Today, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris released his administration’s...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Oct 27, 2022
A U.S. senator from Tennessee slammed President Joe Biden for his open borders policies, and contextualized the amount of illegal aliens who will cross into the United States under the Biden administration. “With an estimated 5,500,000 illegal border crossings...
by The Center Square | Oct 27, 2022
by Brent Addleman A five-year plan to invest in small businesses in Connecticut is now a reality. Connecticut will invest $46.6 million in the coming years that will help small business expansion through assistance programs across the state. Nonprofit economic...
by Star News Staff | Oct 27, 2022
by Anthony Gockowski National Republicans now view the Minnesota gubernatorial contest as a potential pickup and are sending in reinforcements with two weeks to go before the election. The Republican Governors Association (RGA) transferred $750,000 to a local...
by RealClearWire | Oct 27, 2022
by Dr. Aaron Kheriaty This essay is adapted from the forthcoming book, The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State (Regnery Publishing, November 1). “History doesn’t repeat itself,” said Mark Twain, “but it often rhymes.” This is among the...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Oct 27, 2022
A paid “Mark Kelly for Senate” staff member is heard revealing to an undercover Project Veritas Action (PVA) journalist Kelly’s campaign deception strategy to “play both sides” of the abortion issue by saying “Mark Kelly is pro-life” when, in reality, he is not, in...
by Laura Baigert | Oct 27, 2022
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Nashville’s East Bank Stadium Committee met Wednesday evening in the Council Chambers at City Hall to take its first critical look at the Tennessee Titans stadium proposal announced last week by Nashville Mayor John Cooper and the team. The...
by Bradley Vasoli | Oct 27, 2022
A Columbus-based think tank this week filed its legal response in the Ohio Supreme Court in defense of a Blue Ash man who believes the state cannot make him pay Cincinnati income taxes for a period of time he actually worked from home. The Buckeye Institute argued...
by Eric Burk | Oct 27, 2022
The Virginia Board of Social Work has changed licensing regulations, making it easier for social workers licensed in other states to get licensed in Virginia. “There is a critical shortage in Virginia of mental health professionals, and this is a significant...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Oct 27, 2022
A former Memphis Police officer was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to several crimes. On January 24, 2020, former Memphis Police Officer Sam Blue, 63, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate civil rights by using force, violence, and...
by Bradley Vasoli | Oct 27, 2022
The campaign for the constitutional “right-to-work” amendment appearing on this year’s Tennessee election ballot has garnered vocal opposition from labor unions and other left-wing thought leaders. Supporters could have expected that. Less predictably, a...
by Star News Staff | Oct 27, 2022
by Bronson Winslow The majority of the audience from Tuesday night’s debate between Democratic Pennsylvania Lt. Gov John Fetterman and Republican challenger Mehmet Oz felt that Fetterman failed to perform, according to a new poll. Following the debate, the...
by Eric Burk | Oct 27, 2022
The Virginia Department of Elections has awarded a $13.5 million contract to The Canton Group, which will build a voter registration system scheduled to go live in February 2025. “As election technology and security requirements have increased, the need to...
