by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 9, 2023
The Hill The jury in Ohio’s largest corruption case has reached a verdict. Former Speaker of the Ohio House Larry Householder, and former state Republican Party Chairman Matt Borges were both accused of taking a $60 million bribe from FirstEnergy to pass a bailout...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 9, 2023
CBS News The chief executive of the Norfolk Southern railroad line appeared before a Senate panel on Thursday to answer questions about the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month that set off a wave of concerns about threats to the environment and public...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 9, 2023
Associated Press When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy...
by Zachery Schmidt | Mar 9, 2023
Axios California will not renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens over the chain’s decision to not dispense abortion pills in some states where abortion remains legal, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) office announced on Wednesday. Walgreens said that it would...
by Just the News | Mar 9, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to remain hospitalized “for a few days” after he fell in Washington, D.C., during a private hotel dinner, a spokesperson for the Kentucky Republican said Thursday. “This...
by Just the News | Mar 9, 2023
by Natalia Mittelstadt Three of the five top shareholders in Norfolk Southern — the freight rail carrier under the spotlight for its saftey and environmental record following last month’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio — have been aligned...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 9, 2023
A Parents Defending Education (PDE) report revealed that 5,904 government schools in the United States maintain transgender or “gender nonconforming” policies that openly assert school staff can or should keep a child’s preferred gender identity hidden from parents....
by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 9, 2023
The former science editor at The New York Times testified Wednesday morning before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic there is now strong evidence the COVID-19 virus escaped from a Wuhan lab, but that “powerful scientific officials, such as...
by Hannah Poling | Mar 9, 2023
Ohio Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose told The Ohio Star that he is actively considering running for U.S. Senate against Ohio Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in 2024. “I’m giving it a lot of thought. No announcements yet,”...
by M.D. Kittle | Mar 9, 2023
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA-03) served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, amassing some 1,000-combat flight hours. The freshman congressman said Wednesday’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the debacle that was the Biden...
by Neil Jones | Mar 9, 2023
A new bill from State Senator Anthony Kern (R-Glendale) aims to bring harsher punishments on those who traffic fentanyl passed through the Senate floor Tuesday with bipartisan support. “The numbers speak for itself. Trafficking fentanyl is a deadly issue in our...
by The Center Square | Mar 9, 2023
by Anthony Hennen Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw did not appear in front of Pennsylvania lawmakers on Wednesday, but is expected to do so later this month and provide documents that track the rail company’s response to the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio....
by Star News Staff | Mar 9, 2023
by Anthony Gockowski Two more counties have joined the list of Second Amendment “sanctuaries” in Minnesota, expressing their opposition to several gun-control bills moving through the legislature. The Itasca County Board of Commissioners...
by The Center Square | Mar 9, 2023
by Benjamin Yount Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to block the state’s new meningitis and chickenpox vaccine rules. The legislature’s rules committee, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, on Tuesday took the first step toward overturning the...
by Just the News | Mar 9, 2023
by Ben Whedon A prestigious U.S. high school reportedly received more than $1 million in donations from Chinese-linked organizations, a report from watchdog group Parents Defending Education indicates. Thomas Jefferson High School, situated in Fairfax County,...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Mar 9, 2023
A middle school in Copley, Ohio, has eliminated a fifth-grade gender identity lesson from its health curriculum following exposure of the lesson at Libs of TikTok, a report Tuesday revealed. BREAKING: Ohio middle school removes lesson on gender identity from...
by The Center Square | Mar 9, 2023
by Christian Wade Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against several gun manufacturers, accusing them of violating state law by selling components that are used to build untraceable ‘ghost’ guns. The civil lawsuit, announced by Attorney General William Tong...
by The Center Square | Mar 9, 2023
by Scott McClallen Electric vehicle battery supplier Our Next Energy says taxpayer subsidies are key to “accelerating” the buildout of a North American battery supply chain, stabilizing Michigan’s grid, and declaring energy independence from China. Deeana...
by Just the News | Mar 9, 2023
by Nick Givas What do school parents, Catholic attendees of Latin Mass and pro-life activists have in common? They’ve all been branded by the FBI as potential domestic terrorist threats in what whistleblowers say is a growing trend of using intelligence...
by Laura Baigert | Mar 9, 2023
U.S. Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) on Wednesday re-introduced the Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now or SCREEN Act to discourage Hollywood from bowing to censorship from Beijing. We need to show Xi Jinping that we won’t be pushed around—not...
by The Center Square | Mar 9, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo A week after state lawmakers killed a proposal to de-annex and incorporate a portion of Atlanta as Buckhead City, state leaders announced they plan to fund a state patrol office in the community. Last week, the state Senate voted 33-23 against...
