by TC Weber | Jun 7, 2023
Two long-term Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) executives have announced they will be leaving the department in the coming months. This announcement comes on the heels of Commissioner Penny Schwinn’s June 1 resignation. Eve Carney (pictured above, left),...
by The Center Square | Jun 7, 2023
by Jon Styf Tennessee awarded more than $18 million to 20 business in the first round of its Tennessee Forestry, Agriculture and Rural Markets cost share program. The program was designed to support Tennessee businesses in the agriculture and forestry supply...
by The Center Square | Jun 7, 2023
by Carly Moran The month of May reported record-high job openings among small businesses, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesses. According to the NFIB’s May report, 44% of small business owners reported they struggled with filling...
by Star News Staff | Jun 7, 2023
by Jason Cohen The Chamber of Progress, a tech industry coalition backed by companies such as Google and Meta, released statements and a study arguing against the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA), stating it would primarily benefit conservative...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 7, 2023
The Tennessee State University (TSU) marching band, Aristocrat of Bands, is scheduled to perform at the White House in Washington D.C. and the Country Music Association (CMA) Fest in Nashville. The CMA Fest Hall of Fame Ceremony will commence on Thursday as the TSU...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 7, 2023
The Tennessee Republican Party announced Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and presidential candidate, as the keynote speaker for the group’s 46th annual Statesmen’s Dinner next month. The event is scheduled for July 15 at the Music City Center in Nashville. “We...
by The Center Square | Jun 7, 2023
by Jon Styf After finding housing affordability is the most pressing issue for Tennesseans through its 2022 listening tour, Beacon Center has developed and released an atlas of Tennessee zoning requirements that highlight how the state has become unaffordable...
by The Center Square | Jun 7, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo A series of Georgia Senate study committees will explore various issues, ranging from recruiting medical professionals in rural communities to exploring the shortage of truck drivers to potential changes to local option sales tax agreements....
by Susan Berry, PhD | Jun 7, 2023
The Catholic League began its anticipated radio campaign Tuesday that urges listeners in the Los Angeles area not to attend the Dodgers’ June 16 “Pride Night” game, during which the club is scheduled to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a...
by Bradley Vasoli | Jun 7, 2023
The Pennsylvania House Freedom Caucus (PAFC) this week issued an ultimatum to the Pennsylvania State University: Either your hospitals will stop providing puberty blockers to children or funding won’t be forthcoming. Penn State Health operates six hospitals in...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 7, 2023
Radio host and business coach Dave Ramsey is being sued by a group of his former followers who have launched a class action lawsuit against him and his company for promoting a timeshare exit company accused of wrongdoing. The group of plaintiffs alleges that Ramsey...
by Hannah Poling | Jun 7, 2023
The Columbus City Council unanimously voted on Monday to end an executive order from Democratic Mayor Andrew Ginther that food trucks and carts in the Short North area of the city close at midnight. The Columbus City Council rescinded the order less than three weeks...
by Bradley Vasoli | Jun 7, 2023
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives this week approved a bipartisan expansion of the commonwealth’s “clean slate” policy affecting those with low-level, drug-related felony convictions. The measure, which passed 189-14, builds on a 2019 policy that made the...
by Hannah Poling | Jun 7, 2023
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted joined with Ohio Business Round Table President and CEO Pat Tiberi to address growing needs in the state’s workforce. According to DeWine, investing in education to build a skilled workforce of Ohioans is...
by Star News Staff | Jun 7, 2023
by Micaela Burrow The Biden White House is pushing to give veto power over major Pentagon contracts to a group of climate activist groups that advocate for establishing “guardrails” on economic growth, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation....
by The Center Square | Jun 7, 2023
by Joe Mueller The crime rate in Colorado increased 32 percent from 2010 to 2022, a new report from a research group says. The Common Sense Institute’s report, titled “The Fight Against Crime in Colorado: Policing, Legislation and Incarceration,” found...
by Star News Staff | Jun 7, 2023
by Victor Davis Hanson One of the tenets of the early civil rights movement some 65 years ago was ending racial stereotyping. When Martin Luther King, Jr. called for emphasizing the “content of our character” over “the color of our skin,” the subtext was “stop...
