by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 30, 2024
House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN-07) delivered opening remarks on Tuesday during a full committee markup for articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. During his opening statement,...
by Just the News | Jan 30, 2024
by Madeleine Hubbard Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday issued a fiery defense against the impeachment articles he faces, calling the allegations “false” and urging Congress to fix the U.S. immigration system through...
by Rachel Alexander | Jan 30, 2024
Election integrity champion Gina Swoboda was elected chair of the Arizona Republican Party on Saturday, prompting negative coverage from the mainstream media. Endorsed by both Donald Trump and Kari Lake, she won the election in a landslide over another MAGA...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 30, 2024
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio announced Monday it will file a lawsuit challenging the Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which is included in House Bill 68. BREAKING: We're suing Ohio over their ban on health care for...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 30, 2024
Virginia State Senator L. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) indicated on Friday that Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) could see Democrats, who narrowly control the Virginia General Assembly, end their cooperation if he vetoes her bill to raise the commonwealth’s minimum...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 30, 2024
C.J. Pearson, who is running in the February 13 special election to fill the District 125 seat in the Georgia State House vacated when former Representative Barry Fleming accepted an appointment to a judgeship by Governor Brian Kemp, told The Georgia Star News the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 30, 2024
A new study released by the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) shows a majority of Republican voters in Tennessee oppose Certificate of Need (CON) laws. CON laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, are defined as “state regulatory mechanisms...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 30, 2024
A spokesman for Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) on Monday provided The Tennessee Star with new details about the constitutional amendment proposed last week in Memphis to allow Tennessee judges to refuse to grant bail to more violent criminals....
by Star News Staff | Jan 30, 2024
by Casey Harper A coalition of state attorneys general sent a letter Monday to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas backing Texas in its border battle with the Biden administration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defied the Biden administration...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2024
by Jon Styf Tennessee Rep. Antonio Parkinson, D-Memphis, filed a bill that would require all adult-oriented businesses to display human trafficking hotline information that would be overseen by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The democrat what the only...
by Star News Staff | Jan 30, 2024
by Anna Wascovich A conservative think tank will continue its annual “training academy” for judicial clerks this spring. The Heritage Foundation’s Judicial Clerkship Training Academy will run from March 20-22. Attendees, often law students or recent graduates,...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 30, 2024
The Tennessee Star obtained on Monday a draft of the forthcoming Education Freedom Scholarship Act previously announced by Governor Bill Lee in November. Lee announced in November that he would champion new school choice legislation in 2024 that will ultimately allow...
by Tom Pappert | Jan 30, 2024
Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake expressed full confidence in newly-elected Arizona Republican Party (AZGOP) Chair Gina Swoboda during a Sunday interview. She also offered new insight about the alleged bribe that was relayed by former AZGOP Chair Jeff DeWit....
by Star News Staff | Jan 30, 2024
by Robert Romano After sweeping the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary — the first Republican in a competitive presidential nomination race to do so since the GOP started using the Iowa caucus in 1976 — former President Donald Trump will run unopposed in the...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2024
by JD Davidson Nearly five years after House Bill 6 became law and six months after former House Speaker Larry Householder was sent to prison, Ohio Democrats plan to introduce legislation again to stop corruption at the Statehouse. State Reps. Daniel Troy...
by The Center Square | Jan 30, 2024
by Cameron Arcand A veterans home under construction in Flagstaff is laying off existing staff. The Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services told The Center Square on Friday about the personnel decision. “The Arizona Department of Veterans’...
