by Susan Berry, PhD | May 16, 2023
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and other GOP senators Tuesday in a public comment to Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona that opposes the department’s proposed rule to expand Title IX to allow biological males to compete in...
by RealClearWire | May 16, 2023
by Paul Sperry While it’s bad enough the debunked dossier the FBI used to spy on the Trump campaign was paid for by the Clinton campaign and authored by a foreign FBI informant and his carousing researcher, the newly released report of Special Counsel John...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 16, 2023
The Tennessee Star has obtained an audio recording of a group of far-Left agitators who met over the weekend to discuss plans to disrupt the Tennessee legislature’s August special session on “public safety,” which critics say is really an effort by Governor Lee...
by Hannah Poling | May 16, 2023
A Democratic-backed group that opposes the Ohio Constitution Protection Amendment, Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 2, and an August special election to vote on it has filed a lawsuit on the grounds that the resolution is unconstitutional and illegal. The group One...
by M.D. Kittle | May 16, 2023
Wisconsin state tax collections over the next three years are projected to come in more than three-quarters of a billion dollars lower than expected, according to a new report from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Republican lawmakers say the revised projections further...
by The Center Square | May 16, 2023
by Sarah Roderick-Fitch Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced funding to provide 20 predominantly rural, underserved communities with broadband access. More than $59.5 million in grants will be made through the Virginia Telecommunications Initiative, supplying...
by Neil Jones | May 16, 2023
Arizona State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) released a statement Friday celebrating the upcoming tax rebates Arizonans will receive based on the State Budget passed by the Legislature and signed by Governor Katie Hobbs (D). “Gas, groceries, housing, and...
by The Center Square | May 16, 2023
by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined federal, state, and local leaders to break ground on a 41,900 square-foot facility to transform two hangars into a new hangar equipped for fighter maintenance at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. The new facility...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 16, 2023
Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s office did not respond to The Tennessee Star’s Monday inquiries seeking clarification on whether Lee met with State Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and a group of students to discuss gun control last week. Friday, the...
by The Center Square | May 16, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo A supplier of synthetic graphite anode materials for lithium-ion batteries plans to construct a manufacturing facility in Decatur County. According to state officials, Anovion Technologies will create more than 400 jobs as part of the more than...
by M.D. Kittle | May 16, 2023
U.S. Senator and presumptive GOP presidential candidate Tim Scott has tapped a former popular Republican governor to head up his national campaign. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gets a little help from Mother Nature on Mother’s Day weekend. And is Joe Manchin opening...
by Bradley Vasoli | May 16, 2023
Pennsylvania State Senators Cris Dush (R-Bellefonte) and Jarrett Coleman (R-Allentown) are preparing legislation to withdraw the commonwealth from the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC). Over two dozen states and the District of Columbia participate in...
by Susan Berry, PhD | May 16, 2023
The CEO of Planned Parenthood said on Mother’s Day on MSNBC that the Supreme Court has now “been fully captured” by a “conservative supermajority” that has attacked abortion rights and, therefore, must be reformed, along with the lower courts as well. Led by former...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 16, 2023
Sixty six Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee House of Representatives have sent a letter to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake asking for the release of writings and medical records of the Covenant School killer. “If we hope to pass meaningful legislation that...
by The Center Square | May 16, 2023
by Benjamin Yount University of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman said the “war for talent” is driving his vision for the school, which he says is necessitating both a tuition increase and a request for $200 million more in the next state budget. Rothman told...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 16, 2023
Tennessee’s population has officially surpassed 7 million, according to data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau. Between 2021-2022, the state’s population increased by 1.2 percent. As of July 1, 2022, a total of 7,051,339 residents were living in the Volunteer...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 16, 2023
Tennessee U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) questioned the Librarian of Congress during a recent hearing about content generated by artificial intelligence (AI), specifically copyrighted material of artists and songwriters. I urge the US Copyright Office to protect the...
