by The Center Square | May 2, 2023
by Jon Styf A flurry of legislative action before Tennessee closed its session April 21 has left a stack of passed bills either on Gov. Bill Lee’s desk or headed there. Once a bill is passed, it needs to be signed by both House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Senate...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 2, 2023
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) last week released its annual report on criminal activity on college campuses, which shows, in part, that violent crimes are on the rise at Tennessee’s institutions of higher learning. According to the report, crime as...
by Hannah Poling | May 2, 2023
Ohio Republican U.S. House Representatives are calling on President Joe Biden to negotiate with Republicans on common sense reforms that address the nation’s growing debt problem. This follows House Republicans passing the Limit, Save, Grow Act last week, which...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 2, 2023
The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) at the end of last week that a teenage suspect was in custody after accidentally discharging a firearm inside a high school. “An investigation is underway after a gun possessed by a student at West High School discharged in...
by Neil Jones | May 2, 2023
Arizona State Senator John Kavanaugh (R-Fountain Hills) released his weekly update video Monday, sharing that several of the bills he sponsored have been signed by Governor Katie Hobbs (D). Among these is a bill ensuring Arizonans can fly the Betsy Ross flag. “I...
by Bethany Bowman | May 2, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – One thing that I have learned by writing this column is that the country music that young people like (who are the biggest consumers of digital music) is not always the same as the music that I like. But sometimes artists can bridge that...
by M.D. Kittle | May 2, 2023
As his polling numbers climb nationally, Ohio businessman and anti-woke crusader Vivek Ramaswamy’s political stock appears to be rising in South Carolina, as well. The youngest GOP candidate in the field “enjoyed another well-received visit to the Palmetto...
by Hannah Poling | May 2, 2023
Former two-time candidate for U.S. Congress Brandon Lape announced on Monday that he is exploring a run for Ohio House District 98 in 2024. State Representative Darrell Kick (R-Loudonville), who is currently in that seat, will not be able to run again because of term...
by RealClearWire | May 2, 2023
by John Tammy “On the field of war what is at stake is the thing that matters most to any man – the saving of his own skin.” Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, p. 889 The quote from Tolstoy’s War and Peace is a useful way to begin addressing the Washington...
by Just the News | May 2, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Even as Democratic governors such as California’s Gavin Newsom and Illinois’ J.B. Pritzker slam red state policies, their residents are fleeing in droves for Republican-controlled states. IRS migration data released late last...