by M.D. Kittle | Mar 5, 2023
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s Republican Party is taking “aggressive” steps to keep “mean-spirited” Democrats from crashing next year’s GOP presidential caucuses, state Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann told The Iowa Star. Kaufmann, joining Iowa Star...
by The Center Square | Mar 5, 2023
by Madison Hirneisen More than two dozen cities and counties across Virginia are slated to receive a portion of nearly $100 million in federal funding for affordable housing and homelessness, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, D-VA, announced this week....
by Hannah Poling | Mar 5, 2023
Two Republican Ohio State Representatives have re-introduced legislation to revise child custody laws to support equal shared parenting in Ohio. House Bill (HB) 14, known as the “Children Need Both Parents” bill sponsored by State Representatives Rodney...
by The Center Square | Mar 5, 2023
by Anthony Hennen A new report finds staffing shortages force nursing homes to turn away patients, leaving beds empty and transferring the costs of medical care onto a strapped EMS system. The numbers from the Pennsylvania Health Care...
by Just the News | Mar 5, 2023
by Nicholas Ballasy Former President Trump on Saturday won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll as the preferred 2024 GOP presidential nominee, and former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake won as the vice presidential...
by The Center Square | Mar 5, 2023
by Andrew Powell Florida’s Legislature will be serving up a smorgasbord of issues during the upcoming 60-day regular session that begins on Tuesday. Gov. Ron DeSantis has said many times that Florida is the place where “woke goes to die” and passage...
by The Center Square | Mar 5, 2023
by Bruce Walker Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed 2024 budget cuts for online public charter schools are receiving some pushback from school choice advocates and legislators. On Friday, a group of eight lawmakers led by Rep. Luke Meerman, R-Coopersville,...
by Rachel Alexander | Mar 5, 2023
The Arizona Legislature is considering two bills to dismantle the State Bar of Arizona. Senate Bill (SB) 1435, sponsored by State Representative Justine Wadsack (R-Tucson) and passed the Senate 16-13 on February 27, would make the Bar voluntary and move the licensing...
by The Center Square | Mar 5, 2023
by Benjamin Yount The University of Wisconsin is moving toward its first tuition increase in a decade. UW President Jay Rothman told lawmakers on Thursday that he will ask regents to raise tuition by 5%, starting next fall. “After more than a decade of...
by Star News Staff | Mar 5, 2023
by Edward Ring In 1968, Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, a book extrapolating global population growth data to predict a catastrophe as humanity’s demand for resources outstripped supply. The book became a bestseller and...
by Just the News | Mar 5, 2023
by Ben Whedon Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn on Friday filed a suit against the federal government seeking damages over what he called Washington’s “wrongful and malicious” prosecution of him. “As a direct and proximate result...
by Star News Staff | Mar 5, 2023
by Katelynn Richardson Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy and Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for answers about the FBI’s alleged spying on a pro-life group. Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising...
by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 5, 2023
OTICS USA, Inc. officials recently announced that the company will invest $147 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Morristown. OTICS USA will invest nearly $150M to expand its manufacturing operations in Morristown, TN. The project will create 70 new...
by Star News Staff | Mar 5, 2023
by Kate Anderson A Christian homeless shelter filed a lawsuit against Washington state officials Thursday alleging that the state’s anti-discrimination law prevents the shelter from only hiring employees that agree with their faith-based worldview. Yakima Union...