by TC Weber | Jun 2, 2023
June 1st officially marked the end of Penny Schwinn’s tenure as the top education official in Tennessee. Schwinn submitted her resignation on May 1st but gave the state 30 days’ notice before making it official. Long-time Tennessee Department of Education...
by The Center Square | Jun 2, 2023
by Mary Stroka From 2018 to 2022, Michigan reduced by 95% the number of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits held by law enforcement, USAFacts released last week a state-by-state analysis of rape kits backlogs. Researchers filed public records...
by The Center Square | Jun 2, 2023
by Jon Styf The owner of fellow Nashville Fairgrounds tenant Nashville SC spoke out in a letter to Nashville’s Metro Council against a deal to rebuild the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway with a 30,000-seat grandstand. The speedway deal, expected to cost...
by Star News Staff | Jun 2, 2023
by Eric Lendrum The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) refuses to hand over requested communications between Hunter Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden’s staff. Just The News reports that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by...
by Susan Berry, PhD | Jun 2, 2023
In his report Wednesday that the University of Colorado (CU Boulder) is facing backlash for a statement on its “Pride Office” website that claims misgendering people can be considered an “act of violence,” legal scholar Jonathan Turley observed that when schools...
by M.D. Kittle | Jun 2, 2023
A Milwaukee-based public interest law firm has won a key victory in a Second Amendment battle. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) on Wednesday secured a preliminary injunction in federal court on behalf of three veterans challenging the Bureau of...
by Star News Staff | Jun 2, 2023
by Jennie Taer The Biden administration will expand its program to legalize migrants to accept roughly 40,000 per month starting in June, according to CBS News. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue to evaluate expanding the...
by Bradley Vasoli | Jun 2, 2023
The Pennsylvania State University has reportedly yet to answer a Philadelphia-based free-speech nonprofit’s request that the school confirms adherence to freedom of association. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) asked Penn State to do so after...
by Star News Staff | Jun 2, 2023
by Fred Lucas The Agriculture Department’s new Equity Commission is seeking the public’s comments after its interim report called for more diversity on related county boards as part of “closing the racial wealth gap and addressing longstanding inequities in...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jun 2, 2023
The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) broke ground on the city’s ninth precinct this week, which will be located in Southeast Nashville. “We need a police station here and this is going to help a lot,” said MNPD Police Chief John Drake reportedly said....
by Hannah Poling | Jun 2, 2023
The Ohio Senate unanimously passed legislation that removes hundreds of pages from the Ohio Revised Code, increasing efficiency at the state level. Senate Bill (SB) 74, sponsored by State Senator Theresa Gavarone (R-Bowling Green), contains over 100 individual changes...
by Hannah Poling | Jun 2, 2023
The Ohio Republican Party is pushing back against a “repugnant perversion” of Ohio State Issue 1 recently published in The Columbus Dispatch. Issue 1, if approved by voters, would mandate a 60 percent approval percentage for any future constitutional...
by Neil Jones | Jun 2, 2023
Senate Bill (SB) 1696, sponsored by State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek), has arrived at Governor Katie Hobbs’s (D) desk and is awaiting a final decision. Should this bill become law, it would prohibit any state entity, including agencies, political...
by Star News Staff | Jun 2, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Two Jewish conservatives launched “Jews Against Soros,” a grassroots coalition of Jews who are against Democratic megadonor George Soros and argue that criticizing the billionaire is not antisemitic. Senior Newsweek Editor Josh...
by RealClearWire | Jun 2, 2023
by Paul Sperry Twelve years ago, FBI agents in Baltimore sought to wiretap former Brookings Institution analyst Igor Danchenko on suspicions he was spying for Russia. But the counterintelligence analyst they were assigned to work with Brian Auten told them he...
by Star News Staff | Jun 2, 2023
by Laurel Duggan A mother is suing the Edmond School District in Oklahoma after a male student who identifies as transgender used the girls’ bathroom at school and allegedly attacked her daughter, according to the lawsuit. A 17-year-old male allegedly entered...
by Star News Staff | Jun 2, 2023
by Mary Lou Masters Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance are uniting to introduce legislation announced Thursday to reduce the risks of large bank failures. The Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act would propose...
