by Star News Staff | Aug 31, 2023
by Edward Ring The oceans director of Greenpeace told USA Today that groups attempting to link offshore wind to whale deaths are part of a “cynical disinformation campaign.” – Whale carcasses on Martha’s Vineyard fuel speculation about wind turbines, New...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 31, 2023
The University of Tennessee (UT) announced Tuesday that it will expand eligibility for a major scholarship program called the UT Promise. “The University of Tennessee System announced plans to extend the qualifying income level for UT Promise scholarship...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2023
by Jon Styf Eighteen states have joined to file an amicus brief supporting Tennessee in its appeal of a ruling on its drag show law. The amicus brief comes as Tennessee is appealing a ruling against the law to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The law...
by TC Weber | Aug 31, 2023
Tennessee school districts are touting their Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) scores, even as the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has yet to make those scores available for public inspection. TVAAS measures student academic growth over a school...
by Star News Staff | Aug 31, 2023
by Will Kessler Economic growth was revised downward for the second quarter of 2022, coming more in line with economists’ original expectations, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Yearly real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was revised down from...
by Star News Staff | Aug 31, 2023
by Donald Devine Would you be interested in a book on reforming education by a man who created flourishing grade, middle, and high school charter schools, all with waiting lists today, found them too mired in government bureaucracy and so started 13 even more...
by Hannah Poling | Aug 31, 2023
Arizona State Representative and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman David Cook (R-Globe) urged the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to take immediate corrective action to address critical public safety risks. This follows a new...
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2023
by Casey Harper Recently released federal pricing analysis from the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that food prices will continue to rise through 2024. The USDA pointed to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index released earlier this...
by Star News Staff | Aug 31, 2023
by Eric Lendrum Last week, the city of Denver reached a settlement in a lawsuit that had been filed against the city by a group of Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists who had participated in the violent riots that took the country by storm in the summer of 2020....
by Just the News | Aug 30, 2023
by Ben Whedon Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday unveiled a plan to “shut down the FBI,” an institution that has drawn considerable scrutiny from Republicans amid allegations of political bias at the bureau. Posted to X,...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2023
by John Solomon House Government and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer on Wednesday formally accused Joe Biden of abusing his power as vice president by allowing his son to travel aboard Air Force Two to help score foreign business deals, formally...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2023
by Jennie Taer Three illegal migrants from Mexico assaulted a Border Patrol agent along the northern border on Aug. 20, according to an Instagram post from S. The three illegal migrants crossed the northern border from Canada illegally before assaulting the...
by Just the News | Aug 30, 2023
by Madeleine Hubbard Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday appeared to freeze for more than 30 seconds while speaking at a press conference, after having a similar incident last month. McConnell, 81, was speaking Wednesday at a press gaggle in...
by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 30, 2023
Former President Donald Trump is leading the field of candidates in the 2024 GOP presidential primary among Georgia voters, according to a new poll by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The poll surveyed 807 likely Republican primary voters in Georgia from August...
by M.D. Kittle | Aug 30, 2023
Republican presidential hopeful Doug Burgum is limping his way through New Hampshire this week after suffering a leg injury before last week’s first GOP presidential primary debate. It would seem the North Dakota governor’s campaign for the White House is...
by Rachel Alexander | Aug 30, 2023
Jury selection in the second trial over the facilitation of prostitution by former Phoenix New Times owner Michael Lacey and some of his former associates began on Tuesday in federal court. Co-owner Jim Larkin, who was also being prosecuted, killed himself on August...
by M.D. Kittle | Aug 30, 2023
Fresh from unveiling his new Empower Parents Plan, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is back on the presidential campaign trail this week in the kickoff caucus state. The South Carolina Republican plans multiple stops in Iowa following what many pundits saw as an...
by M.D. Kittle | Aug 30, 2023
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party will be in manufacturing-dependent Wisconsin Wednesday afternoon for a roundtable discussion on communist China’s “deliberate undermining of American manufacturing,” according to a press release. Committee...
by Star News Staff | Aug 30, 2023
by Hank Long A left-leaning elections reform organization is representing a local group hoping to intervene in a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce lawsuit that’s challenging a new state law it says unconstitutionally restricts political speech of businesses. On...
