by Star News Staff | May 30, 2024
by Bryan Burack Over the past two years, nearly half the states in America acted to scrutinize purchases of land linked to China and other foreign adversaries. Concerns focus primarily on national security threats from China, and they’re well-founded. The...
by Matthew Giffin | May 30, 2024
Tennessee achieved a court victory against five online liquor stores that were selling alcohol without a license in the state, the state announced in a Tuesday release. Undercover agents of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) ordered and received...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 30, 2024
Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Tuesday signed a bill into law that will penalize adults who take minors across state lines to obtain abortions or sex change surgeries. HB 1895 “creates the criminal offense of abortion trafficking of a minor; provides for a civil action against...
by Peter D'Abrosca | May 30, 2024
To kick off Pride Month on June 1, a group called “Chattanooga Youth Pride” will host drag shows for children at the Seed Theatre in the Scenic City. “The highlight of the event, there’s a stage set up for live performances by talented LGBTQ+...
by Kaitlin Housler | May 30, 2024
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is urging those eligible across the Volunteer State to become poll workers for the upcoming August 1 primary elections and the November 5 general election. The job of poll workers is to help polling sites run smoothly during...
by Matthew Giffin | May 30, 2024
Metro Nashville’s newly formed Community Review Board (CRB) held a special meeting on Tuesday about a series of allegations by a disgruntled former Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officer. The 61-page complaint contained allegations that high-level MNPD...
by Star News Staff | May 30, 2024
by Jason Hopkins Prison reform advocates have repeatedly pushed the notion that the U.S. has a mass incarceration problem, but a soon-to-be released Heritage Foundation study casts doubt on that claim. Left-wing proponents of criminal justice reform claim that...
by Matthew Giffin | May 30, 2024
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) recognized the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Division of Elections as a recipient of the National Clearing House Awards for the division’s American Sign Language video project. The EAC awarded the state in the...
by Star News Staff | May 30, 2024
by Eric Lendrum The state government of Oregon enacted a new restriction on a Christian youth ministry group, withholding crucial funding on the condition that the group specifically hire non-Christians or people who otherwise don’t agree with the group’s...
by Star News Staff | May 30, 2024
by Jake Smith A number of blacklisted Chinese companies have reportedly disguised themselves as American to operate inside the U.S. and evade penalties, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The U.S. government has taken several steps to crack down on...
by RealClearWire | May 30, 2024
by Pete McGinnis In June 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed a rule that would require stricter financial assurance standards for oil companies operating in the Outer Continental Shelf. This costly rule became final on April 15, 2024, but in...
by Just the News | May 30, 2024
by Kevin Killough New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy had vowed to fight “tooth and nail” to keep the $300 million the company put into escrow, but the agreement allows the state to keep $125 million. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says offshore wind developer...
by Star News Staff | May 29, 2024
by Will Kessler China’s largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, BYD, announced Tuesday that two of its new hybrid models have ranges that far exceed those of American competitors, The Wall Street Journal reported. BYD’s chairman Wang Chuanfu claimed at an...
by Star News Staff | May 29, 2024
by Bill Wilson For once, I agree with the Washington Post – widely viewed as the newsletter of the deep state intel “community.” I agree with their oft-repeated slogan that Democracy Dies in the Dark. Now, if they could just move to apply that admonishment to...
by Just the News | May 29, 2024
by Eric J. Lyman More European countries’ recognition of Palestine as a sovereign, independent nation is increasing the challenges President Biden faces in trying to win reelection and broker a long-term peace deal between Israel and Palestinian-backed...
by Just the News | May 29, 2024
by Misty Severi The jury in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial was dismissed for the day on Wednesday afternoon, and will continue deliberations on Thursday morning. The dismissal comes after the jury requested to hear Judge Juan Merchan’s...
by Just the News | May 29, 2024
by Steven Richards Former President Donald Trump’s (pictured above, left) defense’s closing arguments in his so-called hush money trial on Tuesday were designed to plant seeds of reasonable doubt with the jury while the prosecution sought to prop up their key...
by Just the News | May 29, 2024
by Nicholas Ballasy Former President Trump addressed the media on Wednesday as the jury in his hush money trial deliberates. “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges. These charges are rigged. The whole thing is rigged. The whole country’s a mess...
by Tom Pappert | May 29, 2024
Governor Katie Hobbs claimed last week the “Secure the Border Act” proposed by Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature would drive businesses to neighboring California and Texas, though she did not acknowledge the similar law signed by Texas Governor...
