by Star News Staff | Sep 7, 2023
by Will Kessler A House Democrat predicted Tuesday on an episode of Bloomberg’s podcast “Sound On” that President Joe Biden would intervene to avoid a major auto industry strike. The United Auto Workers (UAW) is currently in negotiations with the Big Three...
by Hannah Poling | Sep 7, 2023
A Tennessee veteran became the 33rd Tennessean to receive the Medal of Honor, the highest honor the United States can bestow on a member of the military. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden awarded the honor to 81-year-old former Army pilot Captain Larry Taylor who, while...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 7, 2023
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced this week it has identified human remains from a cold case murder that took place nearly four decades ago in 1983. As a result of a TBI DNA Initiative, the skeletal remains of a man found in 1983 in East Tennessee...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 7, 2023
Four Tennessee counties affected by severe storms in July have been approved to receive assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) program, the federal agency announced this week. On July 18 through July 21, severe storms...
by Star News Staff | Sep 7, 2023
by Robert Romano Don’t look now, but former President Donald Trump has opened up a massive lead among independents against President Joe Biden, 43 percent to 32 percent, in the latest Economist-YouGov poll take Aug. 26 to Aug. 29, following the four indictments...
by Hannah Poling | Sep 7, 2023
Tennessee State Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) said that Tennessee will not comply with any effort by the federal government to reinstate COVID-19 mask mandates. As a reminder, we banned any governmental entity from imposing mask mandates as a condition...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 7, 2023
GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy released a statement on Wednesday vowing to pardon all non-violent January 6 protesters if he’s elected in 2024. Ramaswamy denounced the U.S. Department of Justice under President Joe Biden for its “political persecution of...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 7, 2023
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 54 states and territories urging federal lawmakers to study and eventually propose legislation to protect children from being exploited through artificial intelligence...
by TC Weber | Sep 7, 2023
A Tennessee state senator said Dr. Bren Elliott, Tennessee’s new State Turnaround Superintendent, and new State Education Commissioner Lizette Gonzalez Reynolds, do not reflect “the educational philosophy desired by parents and Tennesseans.”...
by The Center Square | Sep 7, 2023
by Cameron Arcand Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced a tutoring program with hopes to combat the negative consequences of learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $40 million program intended to pay public school teachers an...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 7, 2023
The Atlanta Police Department announced Tuesday “multiple acts of violence” broke out in Atlanta over the Labor Day weekend which resulted in 17 individuals being shot. Five individuals out of the 17 shot died during the string of violence beginning Friday, September...
by Star News Staff | Sep 7, 2023
by Eric Lendrum Democrats in the state of California continue to double down on their support for transgenderism, and have now introduced legislation that would forbid parents from even seeing their child if they do not support the child’s “gender identity.” As...
by Star News Staff | Sep 7, 2023
by Jennie Taer A senior Biden Administration Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official previously worked for an organization that seeks to shield illegal immigrant children from deportation that is funded by left-wing groups, according to a Daily...
by Star News Staff | Sep 7, 2023
by Edward Ring According to data reported weekly by the CDC, the death rate in America remains elevated. In the six years prior to the COVID era, deaths in the United States averaged between 2.6 and 2.8 million people per year. These averages are adjusted for...