by Susan Berry, PhD | Jun 16, 2023
St. Dominic Academy in Auburn, Maine, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the administration of Gov. Janet Mills (pictured above) (D) and the Maine Human Rights Commission that alleges the state has continued to “outmaneuver” the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jun 16, 2023
After a heated meeting that loosened the qualification guidelines for hiring the school district’s next superintendent, the vice chair of the Board for Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) resigned from her post. The meeting was described as “heated and...
by The Center Square | Jun 16, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo A Georgia Senate Study Committee began exploring what action lawmakers should take on reforming or repealing the state’s certificate of need program. The committee, created with the passage of Senate Resolution 279, is holding meetings...
by The Center Square | Jun 16, 2023
by Bethany Blankley At least 1.2 million people have been apprehended or reported evading capture at the southern border in the first five months of this year, according to data obtained and analyzed by The Center Square. The estimate is based on official...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2023
by Laurel Duggan Transgender activists, hospitals and medical associations are pressuring lawmakers in Michigan to pass a “conversion therapy” ban that critics say would effectively prohibit therapists from helping gender-confused children come to terms with...
by TC Weber | Jun 16, 2023
A recent report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) evaluates teacher prep programs across the country and finds several in Tennessee lacking. The organization said that nationally, most programs at colleges and universities that prepare future...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2023
by Robert Stacy McCain Many years ago, when I was just out of college, my friend George Hall introduced me to a punk rock song from the soundtrack of the 1984 film Repo Man. “Institutionalized,” by the group Suicidal Tendencies, is the darkly comic saga of a...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 16, 2023
Community Leaders of America, the home of the national forum of Republican mayors, city councilmembers, and county leaders, recently endorsed Republican mayoral candidate Alice Rolli as the next mayor of Nashville. “Alice Rolli represents the best of what Republican...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2023
by Debra Heine By June of 2022, Pfizer had identified over 10,000 categories of nearly 1.6 million adverse events, a recently-released safety update report shows. Pfizer’s pharmacovigilance documents were requested and released by the European Medicines...
by The Center Square | Jun 16, 2023
by Jon Styf Metro Nashville has filed another lawsuit fighting a law passed by the Tennessee Legislature, this time challenging a new law that changes the way Nashville’s airport authority board members are appointed. The new structure being challenged creates...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jun 16, 2023
Tennessee’s House Majority Whip Johnny Garrett (R-Goodlettsville) told The Tennessee Star Thursday that he has spoken directly to Gov. Bill Lee (R) and that he will not be supporting Lee’s agenda to implement red flag laws during the upcoming special...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 16, 2023
The Rutherford County Budget and Finance Committee held a public comment hearing on Tuesday night for residents to weigh in before the county commission votes on the mayor’s 16.17 percent property tax rate increase. The proposed rate increase, if adopted, would mark...
by Hannah Poling | Jun 16, 2023
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the appointment of Republican attorney Diana Stevenson to the Barberton Municipal Court serving the Barberton, Green, New Franklin, Norton, Copley, Coventry, and Clinton communities. Judge-designee Stevenson (pictured above, left)...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2023
by Erinn Broadus The homicide rate among individuals ages 10 through 24 in 2021 reached its highest level in 20 years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2021, there were 10.7 homicides for every 100,000...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2023
by Hans von Spakovsky Chief Justice John Roberts made a major error in judgment last week in rejecting the State of Alabama’s 2022 congressional redistricting plan in Allen v. Milligan, an error that, as dissenting Justice Samuel Alito says, puts the Voting...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2023
by AG Staff Among likely New Hampshire primary voters, Former President Donald Trump leads Florida Governor Ron DeSantis 44% to 12% in a multi-candidate ballot. Trump has increased his lead by 5% since last month where he lead DeSantis 39% to 18%. Former New...
by Star News Staff | Jun 16, 2023
by Eric Lendrum On Monday, a federal jury awarded a White former Starbucks manager with $25 million after she successfully convinced them that she had been fired by the coffee chain due to her race. As the New York Post reports, Shannon Phillips previously...
