by The Center Square | Jun 27, 2023
by Sarah Roderick-Fitch With his Republican opponent still to be determined, Democratic State Sen. Jeremy McPike is a winner in Virginia’s District 29, accepting a concession on Sunday from Del. Elizabeth Guzman. The Republican race from last Tuesday...
by Hannah Poling | Jun 27, 2023
A chemistry professor testified during a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) fact-finding hearing that the controlled burn of vinyl chloride from the Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio earlier this year may not have been necessary....
by M.D. Kittle | Jun 27, 2023
Montana Republican legislators are the latest GOP state officials to be targeted, receiving threatening letters containing white powder after Tennessee and Kansas Republicans received similar suspicious mail in recent days, officials say. Meanwhile, four days after...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 27, 2023
The Chamblee Police Department (CPD) recently launched a new K9 program following approval from the city council. At the June 20 Chamblee City Council Meeting, city leaders approved CPD’s request to launch a K9 program. Chamblee! Meet K-9 Robin. He is our newest...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 27, 2023
Tennessee U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) recently led a group of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the crackdown on Mexican drug cartels through...
by Bradley Vasoli | Jun 27, 2023
Just four days remain until June 30, Pennsylvania’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget deadline and much still divides Republicans who control the state Senate from Governor Josh Shapiro and his fellow Democrats who control the House of Representatives. The school-choice...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 27, 2023
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) Commissioner Stuart McWhorter recently wrapped up a six-day economic development trip to France and Italy, Lee’s office announced Monday. The trip, which marked the...
by TC Weber | Jun 27, 2023
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) will start the 2023/2024 school year with 23 new principals. This is a slightly higher number than in previous years, due to several veteran principals choosing to either retire or accept a position with a surrounding district and...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Jun 27, 2023
First Lady Jill Biden made an appearance at the Nashville Pride festival over the weekend, sharing a message of support on behalf of herself and President Joe Biden. “Today I’m here on behalf of Joe my husband, Kamala and Doug to say loud and clear that...
by The Center Square | Jun 27, 2023
by Bethany Blankley Leaders from Florida law enforcement agencies are praising Gov. Ron DeSantis’ fiscal 2023-2024 budget, which prioritizes public safety to the tune of several hundred million dollars. The budget allocates salary increases for correctional...
by M.D. Kittle | Jun 27, 2023
U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) is criticizing a long-awaited report on the origins of COVID-19, saying it failed to answer significant questions surrounding researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology who became sick with an unspecified illness in...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 27, 2023
Georgia U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) suggested this week that somebody attempted to spy on her through a television in her Washington D.C. residence. Last night in my DC residence, the television turned on by itself and the screen showed...
by The Center Square | Jun 27, 2023
by Carly Moran An Arizona lawmaker wants the state’s collegiate governing body to investigate why an Arizona State University employee lost her job shortly after organizing an event featuring conservative speaker. State Rep. Austin Smith, R-Surprise, wrote to...
by The Center Square | Jun 27, 2023
by T.A. DeFeo A Georgia State Senate study committee will explore how the state can help mitigate the truck driver shortage. In April 2022, Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, issued an executive order, which, in part, allowed heavier trucks to operate on Peach...
by Just the News | Jun 27, 2023
by Natalia Mittelstadt The country’s two largest teachers unions had direct access to the Education Department during the pandemic while parents had “no voice,” says a watchdog group of retired and former public servants. Michael Chamberlin, the director...
