by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2023
by Jon Styf A recent academic paper on the economics of sports stadiums again has highlighted how publicly funding professional sports stadiums does not provide the benefits promised by politicians. The paper highlights how building entertainment districts...
by TC Weber | Feb 15, 2023
Last week, despite being a legal requirement since late summer, a Nashville elementary school teacher posted a video on the social media outlet TikTok her intent to ignore Tennessee state law. She told viewers, “We were finally told that we must log all of our...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 15, 2023
The Metro Nashville Human Relations Commission spoke out in opposition to a number of proposed bills making their way through the Tennessee General Assembly this legislative session, specifically ones that are “harmful” to the transgender community. Citing its mission...
by Bradley Vasoli | Feb 15, 2023
Republicans lost their majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives last year. However, on Tuesday, GOP members voiced their hope that the state might curb state spending and lighten the tax burden with which the commonwealth saddles residents and...
by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2023
by Andrew Powell Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Legislature to restrict politically motivated banking and investment policies with taxpayer funds and protect Floridians from discrimination from the banking industry in the upcoming session. DeSantis held a...
by Just the News | Feb 15, 2023
by Just the News Staff Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie announced on Tuesday the proposal of a bill that would officially abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Massie made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday morning. “I have introduced a bill to...
by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2023
by Anthony Hennen Pennsylvania’s hyperlocal emergency medical services system teeters on the brink of collapse and, officials say, it’s up to legislators to intervene before it’s too late. “If they do nothing, this will collapse — there’s no ifs, ands, or buts...
by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2023
by Casey Harper Newly released polling data shows that as people living in or entering the country illegally continues to soar, Americans’ feelings on the issue are changing. Gallup released new polling data showing that Americans’ satisfaction with the current...
by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2023
by Casey Harper The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released fresh inflation figure Tuesday which show inflation picked back up in January. The BLS Consumer Price Index rose 0.5% last month, part of a 6.4% increase over the last year. Overall, January’s rate is...
by Neil Jones | Feb 15, 2023
The Arizona State House and Senate have officially passed a “skinny budget” to continue funding state agencies. The ball now falls in Gov. Katie Hobbs’s (D) court to sign or veto the budget, and the Senate Majority Caucus said it expects Hobbs to...
by Hannah Poling | Feb 15, 2023
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Office will handle the case involving a TV journalist who the East Palestine Police Department arrested while he was documenting a railway wreck in East Palestine. Columbiana County Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino confirmed on...
by The Center Square | Feb 15, 2023
by Cole Lauterbach The portion of students taking advantage of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program after previously attending a public school has dramatically shifted. According to the latest information from the Arizona Department of Education,...
by M.D. Kittle | Feb 15, 2023
Former Green Bay City Clerk Kris Teske watched as her election office was effectively taken over by liberal voting activists. Emails show the clerk growing ever more concerned as the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civil Life (CTCL) and its network of...
by Hannah Poling | Feb 15, 2023
A former Athens city official is accused of stealing more than $1.5 million from the city and using it for personal expenditures. Ohio Auditor Keith Faber said in a press release that law enforcement arrested Jodi Rickard, who was the executive director of the Athens...
by Bradley Vasoli | Feb 15, 2023
Republicans in the Ohio Legislature are working to pass a law codifying the election integrity office whose creation Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) announced last year. LaRose declared last October he would set up the Public Integrity Division in his office to...
by Neil Jones | Feb 15, 2023
Arizona State Representative David Livingston (R-Peoria) sent letters Monday to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) and her campaign manager Nicole DeMont seeking further transparency regarding the funds Hobbs received for her inauguration events. “To that end, I have serious...
by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2023
by Mary Lou Masters Medicaid expansion has failed to prevent hospital closure, with almost 50 shutting down in expansion states since 2014, according to research given exclusively to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The research from the Foundation for...
by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2023
by Reagan Reese An Idaho school board canceled any further action on a proposed policy that would allow the use of bathrooms and locker rooms on the basis of gender identity rather than biological sex, following community uproar. Caldwell School Board put its...
by Star News Staff | Feb 15, 2023
by Adam Mill Imagine for a moment that beneficiaries of affirmative action were randomly selected. Suppose instead of applying affirmative action by race, we randomly assigned every person a number between one and five. Colleges would reserve portions of...
