by Just the News | Dec 16, 2022
by Ben Whedon The latest “Twitter Files” release, on Friday evening, details the social media platform’s relationship with the FBI and outlined communications between the federal agency seeking takedowns of select posts. The most recent...
by Neil Jones | Dec 16, 2022
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of Arizona Wednesday, demanding it removes shipping containers placed under Gov. Doug Ducey (R) as a temporary patch in border wall holes. In a response shared with The Arizona Sun Times,...
by Star News Staff | Dec 16, 2022
by Alpha News Staff Rep.-elect Walter Hudson is doubling down on comments he made comparing COVID-19 vaccine mandates to slavery at a Mask Off Minnesota event in Bloomington earlier this week. “I’m not saying that vaccine mandates are like slavery. I’m saying...
by Just the News | Dec 16, 2022
by Madeleine Hubbard Three people, including a man and his son-in-law, were sentenced to prison Thursday for assisting the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Pete Musico received a minimum sentence of 12 years in prison while his...
by Hannah Poling | Dec 16, 2022
A bipartisan Ohio bill to establish a temporary tax amnesty program that would forgive interest and penalties on delinquent taxes and fees passed in the State Senate on Wednesday. House Bill (HB) 45, sponsored by State Representatives Bill Roemer (R-Richfield) and...
by Eric Burk | Dec 16, 2022
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp banned TikTok, WeChat, and Telegram on state-issued devices in a memo sent to state agency heads on Thursday. “The TikTok software platform has the capability to track and store its users’ highly detailed public and non-public...
by Bradley Vasoli | Dec 16, 2022
Pennsylvania State Senators Doug Mastriano (R-Gettysburg) and Scott Hutchinson (R-Oil City) Thursday announced they would reintroduce a bill proposed in the last legislative session designed to prevent social media platforms from censoring Pennsylvanians. Mastriano...
by Eric Burk | Dec 16, 2022
RICHMOND, Virginia – Governor Glenn Youngkin is highlighting $1 billion in tax relief in his budget amendment proposal, including lowering Virginia’s business tax rate from six to five percent and slightly lowering the income tax for payers above $17,000...
by Bradley Vasoli | Dec 16, 2022
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) announced Thursday that he and numerous other states finalized an agreement whereby the CVS and Walgreens pharmacy companies will pay $10.7 billion to those jurisdictions over opioid-epidemic concerns. The deal comes as a...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Dec 16, 2022
A Phoenix mother whose attendance at her local school board meeting in a cat costume went viral says she used that opportunity to protest the confusing message a transgender board member was sending to elementary school children. “This was a local school in...
by Bradley Vasoli | Dec 16, 2022
Pennsylvania House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Quarryville) on Thursday insisted he has the right to schedule special elections for three legislative vacancies. He wants two elections to take place during next May’s primaries. Cutler’s party has tussled with...
by Rachel Alexander | Dec 16, 2022
Outgoing Gov. Doug Ducey ordered gaps in the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border patched using shipping containers earlier this year, but protesters are now blocking workers from finishing the project. At the same time, the Biden administration hit Arizona with a lawsuit...
by The Center Square | Dec 16, 2022
by Andrew Powell Florida ranked first in the United States for parental involvement in education, according to the Center for Education Reform’s Parent Power Index. The index is released annually and measures the policies that exist in each state. Those...
by The Center Square | Dec 16, 2022
by T.A. DeFeo Georgia Power and the Public Service Commission have reached a deal to allow the power company to increase its rates. Georgia Power had asked to increase customer rates by roughly $2.9 billion — nearly 12% — over the next three years. Under a deal...
by Star News Staff | Dec 16, 2022
by Brian Lonergan In the last few years, federal, state, and local governments have labored to remove the term “illegal alien” from official documents and replace it with “undocumented noncitizen.” At a time of great instability in our nation, this may seem to...
by Star News Staff | Dec 16, 2022
by Eric Lendrum While the country was facing a possible supply chain crisis due to the looming threat of a massive rail strike earlier this year, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was vacationing in Portugal. According to the Washington Free Beacon,...
by The Center Square | Dec 16, 2022
by Christian Wade Connecticut is receiving $5 million in federal grants to expand high-speed internet service, and fill gaps in coverage in low-income communities. The money, provided through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Internet for All initiative,...
by Star News Staff | Dec 16, 2022
by Debra Heine The soon-to-be chairmen of the House Oversight and Reform and Judiciary committees announced on Wednesday that they are launching an investigation into the origins of COVID-19, and will be requesting transcribed interviews with 40 individuals....
by TC Weber | Dec 16, 2022
This week, the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) released the ACT state results and participation rate for the 2022 graduating class, two months after national data was released by ACT. The results show that Tennessee is not moving the needle in student...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 16, 2022
Following outrage and legal action, Ticketmaster announced it would offer a second chance for a select number of fans to acquire tickets to Taylor Swift’s upcoming “Eras Tour”. In November, as previously reported by The Tennessee Star, Ticketmaster...
by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 16, 2022
In its annual Pork Report, the Beacon Center of Tennessee highlighted three areas of waste, fraud, and abuse of Tennessee taxpayer money in Middle Tennessee. The report specifically identified the issues of unused homeless pods in Nashville, raised vehicle...
