by Just the News | May 3, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard The Federal Reserve Bank on Wednesday raised interest rates a quarter of a point again in an effort to cool inflation. “The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. In...
by Just the News | May 3, 2023
by John Solomon House and Senate GOP investigators said Wednesday they have learned the FBI possesses a document alleging a pay-to-play bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and have subpoenaed it in an explosive new twist in their long running...
by Susan Berry, PhD | May 3, 2023
U.S. Education Department data released on Wednesday finds national eighth-grade test scores in U.S. History and civics dropped to their lowest level on record last year. Compared to 2018, average test scores on the 2022 Nation’s Report Card (National Assessment of...
by M.D. Kittle | May 3, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken wasn’t straight with Congress about his communications with President Joe Biden’s ne’er-do-well son Hunter, according to emails and a transcript of a 2022 interview first reported by The Star News Network. Now, U.S. Senators...
by Rachel Alexander | May 3, 2023
Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes may have broken ethics rules after she recently criticized her client, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) over concerns about their handling of the state’s water resources as drought conditions...
by Admin | May 3, 2023
by Anthony Gockowski A lawsuit filed last week accuses the Rock Ridge school board of retaliating against an outspoken board member who was banned from all of her committee assignments for 17 months. Director Pollyann Sorcan has served on the Rock Ridge Public...
by Hannah Poling | May 3, 2023
A former Republican lawmaker is advocating for Ohio to secure the primary election system and stop party raiding. Currently, Ohio voters do not need to specify a party when registering. By requesting the ballot of the party primary they want at the time of voting,...
by Just the News | May 3, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is advancing his tough-on-crime message by signing a new package of crime bills, including one that would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for some found guilty of pedophile-related crimes. DeSantis, a...
by The Center Square | May 3, 2023
by Elyse Apel and Tom Gantert Just 5% of Michigan students are rated “proficient” in a district with 99% of teachers rated “highly effective” or “effective.” The classification of students for Detroit public schools comes...
by The Center Square | May 3, 2023
by Sarah Roderick-Fitch Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ended months of speculation he will make a run for the White House in 2024. Youngkin was asked by Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker at the Milken Institute’s “Governing America” discussion...
by Susan Berry, PhD | May 3, 2023
A Connecticut State Trooper won a settlement in his federal civil rights lawsuit against officials of the Connecticut State Police Union (CSPU) and Department of Emergency Services (DESPP), in which he charged them with illegally demoting him for his refusal to become...
by The Center Square | May 3, 2023
by Glenn Minnis Young people in Wisconsin could soon face a social media curfew that places restrictions on their accounts during overnight hours. Introduced by State Rep. David Steffen, “Wisconsin’s Kids Online Safety Act,” which follows similar plans recently...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 3, 2023
Pennsylvania’s GOP-run state Senate this week passed legislation banning supervised injection sites, sending the bill to the state House. Such locations — also called “safe injection sites,” “safe consumption spaces” or “overdose prevention sites” — permit addicts to...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 3, 2023
Tennessee U.S. Representative and chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security Mark Green (R-TN-07) condemned the Biden administration for approving an increase of 1,500 military personnel to “supplement U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) efforts” on the...
by Star News Staff | May 3, 2023
by Eric Lendrum Despite nearly two years having passed since the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden Administration still has not fully vetted the over 88,000 Afghan refugees who were brought into the country to escape the Taliban’s rule....
by Star News Staff | May 3, 2023
by Jason Cohen Federal regulators sold recently failed regional lender First Republic Bank to JPMorgan Chase on Monday, enabling America’s largest bank to expand even more and spurring concerns about consolidation in the industry, economists told the Daily...
by Star News Staff | May 3, 2023
by Paul Kengor They are “in love with death.” So said Bobby Kennedy before his tragic assassination in June 1968: “What my father said about businessmen applies to liberals. They’re sons of bitches … in love with death.” That eye-opening RFK quotation has been...
by Star News Staff | May 3, 2023
by Micaela Burrow The Pentagon is sending a contingent of troops to the southern border to reinforce Customs and Border Protection (CBP) missions ahead of an expected surge in migrant entrances later this month, a U.S. official confirmed to the Daily Caller...
by Mac Roberts | May 3, 2023
Metro Nashville Mayor John Cooper has introduced his proposal for next fiscal year’s budget to Metro Council for review. The budget reflects over $3.2 billion in revenue, a 6.2 percent increase from fiscal year 2023. Areas of emphasis in the plan include nearly...
by Susan Berry, PhD | May 3, 2023
A senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation said leftist lawmakers in Democrat-led states such as Minnesota and California are feeding into a culture of victimization and identity politics with their plans for mandatory K-12 ethnic studies curricula, the goal of which,...
by TC Weber | May 3, 2023
Warner Elementary Arts Magnet School Principal Ricki Gibbs is the new head of elementary schools for LEAD Public Schools. The Nashville-based charter school chain does not currently operate any elementary schools but plans to expand to grades K-4 soon. The hiring of...
