by Star News Staff | Feb 1, 2024
by Mary Elise Cosgray Trucker convoys that could total as many as 700,000 vehicles are headed south to demand a secure border this weekend. “We have a trucker convoy coming down to the border,” Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, said in an interview with Fox Business...
by Tom Pappert | Feb 1, 2024
Audio emerged on Wednesday of a conversation between embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Amanda Timpson, a former subordinate who claims she blew the whistle to Willis about an alleged plan to misuse federal funding by a former member of her...
by The Center Square | Feb 1, 2024
by Anthony Hennen As the one-year anniversary approaches of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, President Joe Biden says he will soon visit the area to meet with locals and assess the recovery efforts. The White House has not confirmed when, but said...
by Tom Pappert | Feb 1, 2024
Arizona State Senator Jake Hoffman (R-Queen Creek) and other lawmakers joined Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne on Wednesday for a press event to introduce a new partnership between the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and Prager...
by Tom Pappert | Feb 1, 2024
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced on Wednesday the Virginia Permit Transparency (VPT) website, expanding a program Forbes hailed as “a model for other states” to include three Virginia agencies with more to follow. The governor’s office explained in...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 1, 2024
Tennessee State Representative and House Republican Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would preserve “critical rights for victims of radical cosmetic gender reassignment surgeries.” Faison said his bill, House Bill 2816, would...
by Star News Staff | Feb 1, 2024
by Fred Lucas A federal agency is working with left-of-center nonprofits to increase voting among prisoners and former prison inmates under an executive order from President Joe Biden designed to increase election turnout. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has...
by Star News Staff | Feb 1, 2024
by Larry Sand In just three years, the number of states with universal or near-universal private school choice programs has grown from zero to 10, and the number of students eligible for these programs has increased by 60%. According to the latest ABCs of...
by Matthew Giffin | Feb 1, 2024
Many Tennessee universities maintain speech codes that suppress campus free speech, according to a recent report by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Of the six Tennessee schools included in the report, five reportedly have rules restricting...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 1, 2024
A Republican member of Tennessee’s General Assembly is critical of a Democrat colleague’s new bill. HB 2193, introduced by State Representative Bo Mitchell (D-Nashville), “imposes an additional 15-percent tax on the retail sale of firearms [and]...
by Just the News | Feb 1, 2024
by John Solomon The whistleblower group that represented the IRS agents in the Hunter Biden case is warning that the Biden administration is preparing an “unconstitutional“ power grab to regulate private gun sales by requiring a background check. In a letter...
by Just the News | Feb 1, 2024
by Steven Richards The nearly 10,000 border patrol agents eligible for retirement by 2028 and static recruitment numbers threaten to undermine future efforts to secure the Southern border, even as the current immigration crisis escalates. By 2028, a total of...
by Tom Pappert | Feb 1, 2024
Two Metro Nashville students were arrested on Wednesday as a result of separate incidents at two Metro Nashville schools involving firearms. Both schools, a middle school and high school, received D grades by the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE). A 14-year-old...
by Peter D'Abrosca | Feb 1, 2024
According to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD), four of the city’s residents have been arrested following a methamphetamine and fentanyl bust conducted by local, state, and federal authorities. “A joint investigation by MNPD narcotics...
by Star News Staff | Feb 1, 2024
by Mary Lou Masters Former President Donald Trump is overwhelmingly leading President Joe Biden on the economy and immigration, which are two top issues to swing-state voters, according to a Wednesday poll. Voters in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia,...
by The Center Square | Feb 1, 2024
by Casey Harper The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a federal ban on bump stocks later in February, the latest opportunity for the high court to rule on gun violence and 2nd Amendment rights. The case in question, Garland v. Cargill, came after the Trump...
by Bethany Bowman | Feb 1, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tennessee- An artist that I have featured a few times in the past is Becca Bowen. I love her energy, passion, and big, beautiful voice. The South Carolina native mixes her authentic country charm with her background in gospel music and musical theater to...
by Star News Staff | Feb 1, 2024
by Edward Ring In the most recent “Conference of the Parties,” otherwise known as the United Nations extravaganza that convenes every few years for world leaders to discuss the climate crisis, several goals were publicly proclaimed. Notable were the goals...
by Just the News | Feb 1, 2024
by Steven Richards House Republicans on Wednesday announced the date on which James Biden, one of President Biden’s brothers, will will give a transcribed interview to the chamber’s Oversight Committee, as part of their investigation into the Biden...
by Star News Staff | Feb 1, 2024
by Kate Anderson Republican Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah signed a bill on Tuesday that bans men from using women’s restrooms and locker rooms and creates a legal definition for male and female. The bill, introduced by Republican state Rep. Kera Birkeland, would...
