by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by Harold Hutchison Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago called on city residents to make “sacrifices” to address the thousands of migrants in the city who need shelter. Johnson (pictured above) announced plans to move 1,600 migrants currently being...
by Hannah Poling | Sep 10, 2023
Ohio State Representative Bob Young (R-Green) announced on Friday that he will resign as state representative and chair of the Ohio House Pensions Committee next month following his second arrest in connection with an alleged domestic violence case. As previously...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 10, 2023
Emory Healthcare replaced Christmas Eve with Juneteenth on the paid holiday calendar for employees last week, according to a memo from the hospital’s CEO, Joon S. Lee. The healthcare system, which displays “We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion” on its website...
by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by Hayley Feland A teacher in the Osseo school district asked students to share their preferred name and pronouns on the first day of class and state whether they should be used when contacting home. “Please circle your answer choice for the following in...
by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by J.P. Isbell During Democrat Whitmer’s recent “What’s Next” speech, she outlined an agenda for Michigan that included what Barbara Listing, Right to Life (RTL) of Michigan president, called “anti-life fall policy priorities.” In her speech on August 30th,...
by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by Eric Lendrum The group responsible for the nationwide overturning of affirmative action has dropped its lawsuit challenging the race-based admissions policies of Yale University. According to Politico, Students for Fair Admissions (SFA) came to an agreement...
by The Center Square | Sep 10, 2023
by Christen Smith Podiatrists may soon prescribe medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, that is if the Legislature takes the advice of the state’s advisory panel. The Medical Marijuana Advisory Board voted this week in favor of a recommendation to add podiatrists...
by The Center Square | Sep 10, 2023
by Benjamin Yount Democratic lawmakers in Madison want more money, not fewer rules, for child care providers in the state. A group of Democrats on the Assembly’s Committee on Children and Families said deregulation is not the answer. “As federal funding dries...
by The Center Square | Sep 10, 2023
by Cole Lauterbach Even though appellate court judges deal out precedent-setting rulings statewide, those judges are elected only by those in their areas. With the aid of former Supreme Court Justice Andrew Gould, the Goldwater Institute is representing four...
by The Center Square | Sep 10, 2023
by Bethany Blankley Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is launching a new statewide crime-fighting initiative involving former America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh. Moody made the announcement in West Palm Beach on Wednesday with Florida Association of...
by The Center Square | Sep 10, 2023
by Morgan Sweeney After announcing in January that it was going to invest $35 billion over the next 17 years in bringing more data centers to Virginia, Amazon Web Services, the cloud services arm of Amazon, has chosen to invest about one-third of those funds in...
by Hannah Poling | Sep 10, 2023
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee swore in Justice Dwight E. Tarwater on Friday to serve on the state Supreme Court. As previously reported by The Tennessee Star, Lee appointed Tarwater to the high court in February, and the legislature confirmed him as a state Supreme...
by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 10, 2023
Donald Trump Jr. served as the keynote speaker at the Tennessee Firearms Association Legislative Action Committee’s (TFALAC) annual convention on Saturday at the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon. “We have to fight for all our freedoms,” Trump Jr. told the crowd,...
by Hannah Poling | Sep 10, 2023
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Ayers Foundation Trust announced this week the launch of a new collaborative statewide initiative to improve the economic prospects of rural Tennessee. The initiative, called Come Home Tennessee, aims to reduce the number of...
by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by Jason Cohen Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued California to block a law requiring social media companies to publish their content moderation policies, alleging it violates the First Amendment and coerces censorship. X, formerly known as Twitter, asserted that...
by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by Brandon Poulter Schools and universities around the U.S. are bringing back mask mandates and shutdowns as COVID-19 numbers rise, according to public records reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Runge Independent School District (ISD) in Texas,...
by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by Carl M. Cannon The Huffington Post was envisioned from its inception as a progressive answer to conservative talk radio and various right-leaning voices being amplified by new technology. Most specifically, it was designed as a counterpoint to the Drudge...
by Just the News | Sep 10, 2023
by Ben Whedon The Mexican Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a sweeping ruling that decriminalized abortion nationwide, determining that to attach penalties to the procedure “violate[d] the human rights of women.” Wednesday’s decision follows a...
by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by Samantha Roth Entertainment today is extremely accessible. We can watch videos and read articles whenever we want. Each of these pieces of media, however, has its own ideology. But often, we do not even notice this ideology that is being presented to us, or...
by Star News Staff | Sep 10, 2023
by Mary Margaret Olohan Republican New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith called on his colleagues Wednesday to recognize that 120,000 Armenian Christians living in Nagorno-Karabakh are facing extinction. “Delay is denial,” Smith, who chaired the emergency congressional...
