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October 26, 2021

Commentary: The Unemployment Rate Does Not Offer Guidance Now

The Labor Department’s official unemployment rate—the most well-known gauge of the labor market’s health—counts as unemployed only those who aren’t working but are actively seeking a job. Yet there is very little that we can infer from the jobless rate...

October 26, 2021

Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty Asks Bernie Sanders to Speak Out Against Proposed Green Card Provisions

Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) may hold wildly opposite perspectives on economic, domestic, and foreign policy, but Hagerty says he hopes Sanders will join him in opposing one specific portion of the reconciliation bill.

October 26, 2021

Amazon to Open ‘Last-Mile’ Delivery Station East of Downtown Nashville

Amazon has chosen a location in Nashville to open a "last-mile" delivery station, Nashville Business Journal reports. According to Metro and state permits, Amazon is leasing about half of the building at 1641-1701 Lebanon Pike Circle for the new delivery...

October 26, 2021

Terri Lynn Weaver Commentary: Why I Voted Red for the Blue Oval City

The Mega Site near Memphis has a long history; since FY08-09 to FY21-22, over $200M Tennessee Tax dollars have been appropriated to a 4100 acre piece of real estate in pursuit of a business that would bring jobs to this...

October 26, 2021

New Statue Commemorating African American Soldiers Unveiled in Franklin

A three-day celebration was held in Franklin, Tennessee this past weekend to commemorate the African-American soldiers who fought in the Civil War. The statue, made by Tennessee native Joe F. Howard ,was officially unveiled Saturday in front of Franklin's Historic...

October 26, 2021

Commentary: Tennessee Legislature Must Pass Big COVID Test in ‘Special Session’

The red state/blue state dichotomy is not simple. Nowhere is that more apparent than Tennessee where—despite having one of the most conservative electorates in the country—the leadership has been passive at best in responding to the wishes of their supporters during these...

October 26, 2021

Border Patrol Reports 192,000 Border Encounters in September, Says 26 Percent Immigrants Making Multiple Tries

The United States recorded 192,001 encounters with immigrants last month along the country's southwest border with Mexico, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The agency on Friday reported 1.7 million apprehensions along the entire U.S. southern border in fiscal...

October 26, 2021

Nurses in Illinois Win Temporary Restraining Order Against Vaccine Mandate

An Illinois judge granted a temporary restraining order to nurses who sued Riverside Healthcare over the hospital system's vaccine mandate. Kankakee County Judge Nancy Nicholson granted a temporary restraining order until Nov. 19. She will then hold a hearing on...

October 26, 2021

Tea Party Patriots Action Calls on National School Boards Association Leadership to Resign

Tea Party Patriots Action (TPPA) on Monday called on the leadership of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) to resign. The organization apologized on Friday for a letter sent to the Biden administration, which called on the federal government to...

October 26, 2021

Facebook Employees Actively Censored Conservative Websites, Even in Defiance of Managers

A series of new leaks from Big Tech giant Facebook has revealed even more bias against conservatives from the company’s employees, even to the point of causing internal debates between employees and upper management, according to the New York Post....

October 26, 2021

Biden’s Approval Hits New Low in FiveThirtyEight Tracker

President Joe Biden’s approval rating hit a new low of just over 43% in FiveThirtyEight’s polling tracker as he confronts multiple economic and legislative headwinds. Biden’s approval stood at 43.5%, and has steadily declined since July. His disapproval stood at 50.6%,...

October 26, 2021

Maury County Public Schools Propose $5,000 Signing Bonus for Special Education Teachers

On October 19th, a proposal that would give newly employed Special Education Teachers a $5,000 signing bonus was introduced to the Maury County School Board. The proposal was introduced by Lisa Ventura, Director of Special Programs at Maury County Public...

October 26, 2021

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Stokes ‘Hyperinflation’ Fears

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey stirred up more fears around inflation with his comments over the weekend saying that hyperinflation is “happening.” “Hyperinflation is going to change everything,” the tech leader posted on Twitter. “It’s happening.” The post sparked a flurry...

October 26, 2021

Legislation Would Allow Pennsylvanians to Sue Big Tech Companies for Censorship

Two Pennsylvania state senators said recently they want to hold social media companies accountable for religious or political censorship. Sens. Doug Mastriano, R-Gettysburg, and Scott Hutchinson, R-Oil City, said their Senate Bill 604, also called the Social Media Accountability Act,...

October 26, 2021

Commentary: Targeting Citizens for Expressing Traditional Values is a Hallmark of Tyranny

All my life I’ve felt a bond with places and with people. Growing up in Boonville, North Carolina, population then about 600, I went to elementary school and the Methodist church, knew many of the merchants in town—Harvey Smith, grocer...

October 26, 2021

Crom’s Commentary: ‘If You Want a Great Big Government Like the Democrats Want, Then You Can’t Keep Very Much of What You Have’

Monday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed all-star panelist Crom Carmichael in studio for another edition of Crom's Commentary.

October 26, 2021

John Harris of Tennessee Firearms Association Talks Common Sense Gun Safety in Wake of Baldwin Movie Set Death

Monday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed Tennessee Firearms Associations John Harris to the newsmakers line to discuss firearm safety in response to 'Rust' movie set death.

October 26, 2021

Music Spotlight: Jacob Bryant

Jacob Bryant readies the forthcoming album Bar Stool Preachers with his latest release "Devil & An Old Six String.”

October 26, 2021

Commentary: $28 Per Day Triggers IRS Surveillance Program

The entire Democrat multi-trillion dollar socialist spending scam is bad for Americans, and bad for our economy. One particular provision that is especially terrible is their “IRS Surveillance” program, which would grant the government access to spy on nearly every...

October 26, 2021

‘Way Off Track’: Emissions Levels Hit New Record in 2020 Despite Pandemic, Paris Accords

Total global greenhouse gas emission levels hit a new record last year despite the pandemic-induced economic shutdowns and previous commitments from world leaders, the United Nations said. “The abundance of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere once again reached a...

October 26, 2021

Christian Watson National Spokesperson for Color US United

Monday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed the National Spokesperson for Color Us United, Christian Watson to the newsmakers line to discuss his latest piece referencing the absence of Black Republicans from the Black Congressional...

October 26, 2021

Georgia Pharmacy Brought up on Federal Charges for Allegedly Overcharging Taxpayers

Officials at Curant, Inc., which owns pharmacies in Smyrna, Georgia have agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by charging the government higher-than-usual prices. This, according to a press release that the...

October 26, 2021

Ohio Attorney General Yost Files Suit to Stop Federal Funding of Abortions

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Monday announced a lawsuit against the Biden administration, aimed to prevent the funding of abortion by federal tax funds. The lawsuit, which is joined by 11 other states, targets the U.S. Department of Health...

October 26, 2021

Juvenile Court Finds Sufficient Evidence in Loudoun School Assault Case

A juvenile court judge found sufficient evidence to sustain charges of a May sexual assault in a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) bathroom, allegedly committed by a "gender fluid" student. The judge's decision in the Monday trial is equivalent to...

October 26, 2021

Virginia Gets the First U.S.-Based Offshore Wind Blade Manufacturing Facility

Offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing is coming to the U.S. and Virginia as part of a partnership between Dominion Energy and Spain-based manufacturer Siemens Gamesa. Dominion Energy has been expanding its offshore wind project with support from Virginia officials, and...

October 26, 2021

Food Supply Shortages Hit Tucson Unified School District

As schools in Mesa face food shortages due to supply chain issues, the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) is also reporting similar circumstances. "We are experiencing delivery delays and volume shortages for many products. For example we order 1,000 cases...

October 26, 2021

Wisconsin Senate to Launch New 2020 Election Investigation

There will be more questions from lawmakers in Madison as to just what happened before and during last year’s election. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu on Monday announced that the State Senate is launching its own investigation into the 2020...

October 26, 2021

Pro-LGBTQ Chalk Displays Go Undisturbed as Conservative Sidewalk Messages Get Defaced

Chalk displays are common tools for spreading messages on college campuses, but they can also be examples of the different treatment that conservative and liberal students experience. This semester, a College Republicans' chapter had their chalk messages defaced while another...

October 26, 2021

COVID-19 Mandates Potentially Hurting Staffing Levels at Arizona Hospitals

Newly-imposed COVID-19 mandates could hurt staffing numbers at hospitals throughout the state, according to industry professionals. The state, which is already suffering a nursing shortage, has witnessed a spread of vaccine mandates in hospitals and other medical facilities.

October 26, 2021

New Hampshire Poll Shows Governor DeSantis More Favorable Than Donald Trump in 2024 Presidential Primary

A recent poll by the University of New Hampshire shows the state having Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ahead of former President Donald Trump in approval rating among 2024 GOP primary voters. While DeSantis shies away from questions regarding his potential...

October 26, 2021

Ohio Lawmakers Introduce ‘Bill of Rights’ for Foster Children

Two Ohio state lawmakers, Senators Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) and Tina Maharath (D-Canal Winchester), introduced a bill on Friday to create the Foster Youth Bill of Rights. The potential law, if enacted, would inform individuals in the foster care system of...

October 26, 2021

Commentary: Newly Uncovered Documents Show Senior Virginia Officials Smearing a Whistleblower to Avoid Congressional Oversight

Whistleblowers—and the truths they tell—far too often become the first casualties in the clash of bigger forces with other agendas. People tend to oversimplify complex stories to fit their preferred political narrative or to protect their own interests. If the...

October 26, 2021

Minnesota College Renames its Arboretum over Racism Controversy

Gustavus Adolphus College, a private college in St. Peter Minnesota, has renamed their arboretum due allegations that it honored a proponent of racism. The individual in question is the famed botanist Carl Linneaus, known as the 'father of taxonomy' for...

October 26, 2021

Florida Ethics Commission Rules Federal Funds for School Board Salaries are not Gifts

The Florida state Ethics Commission ruled that the Federal Government’s effort to supplant lost income to the Broward County School Board would not violate state ethics law. However, the decision was split causing much debate. Commission member Don Gaetz, who...

October 26, 2021

McAuliffe Campaign Brings Out ‘Big Guns’ in Final Weeks

Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, seeking his second non-consecutive term Virginia's Governor, has been campaigning with powerful Democrat Party allies during the final stretch of his campaign against Republican Glenn Youngkin. President Joe Biden will campaign for McAuliffe this week in...

October 26, 2021

Gov. Ron DeSantis Spends Weekend on Fox News, Pitching Florida to National Audience

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent the weekend making the rounds on Fox News programming where he lauded his work as governor and the varying efforts he is pushing. Notably, DeSantis spent time on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Friday where he...

October 26, 2021

Pukita Cut Out of U.S. Senate Debate Amid Allegations of Fraud, Anti-Semitism

A suburban Columbus businessman seeking the Ohio GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate has pushed back against the Center for Christian Virtue, the host of an October 25 forum featuring six other Republican candidates after its disqualification from participating on...

October 26, 2021

Nearly 300 Venues in Michigan Awarded $280M in Grants

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shuttered much economic activity in Michigan without compensation for lost revenue. While groceries stores stayed open, venues designed for packing people into spaces like theaters, museums, and zoos to enjoy art...

October 26, 2021

Biden Bashed for Action That Could Ban Minnesota Mining Project

President Joe Biden’s administration wants to lead an electric vehicle (EV) revolution, but apparently doesn’t want domestic production of rare earth minerals vital to EVs. The Biden administration announced a two-year study on a proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in...

October 26, 2021

The City of Phoenix to Hand Out $100 Gift Cards to the First 1000 Takers of COVID Vaccine

The city of Phoenix will incentivize receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at city-sponsored vaccination clinics by handing out $100 gift cards. The Phoenix City Council approved the pilot program to increase vaccination rates. The program will be funded by federal dollars...

October 26, 2021

Tennessee State Sen. Brian Kelsey Calls Indictment ‘A Political Witch Hunt’

Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown), indicted on multiple charges of federal campaign finance law, proclaimed Monday that he’s innocent and the target of a political witch hunt. Kelsey held a brief Zoom conference with the press Monday.

October 25, 2021

Nashville Mayor John Cooper Says City Has ‘Not Been Unsuccessful’ in Tackling Homelessness

When speaking to reporters on Friday, Nashville Mayor John Cooper addressed the growing homeless population throughout the city. Detailing that he often visits the West Nashville homeless camp at Brookmeade Park, Cooper claimed the city is still working to address...

October 25, 2021

Tennessee State Sen. Brian Kelsey Indicted on Federal Charges

Tennessee State Senator Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown) was indicted by a federal grand jury in Nashville Friday on a five-count indictment charging him and another man with violating multiple campaign finance laws. This, according to a press release that the U.S....

October 25, 2021

Rapper Bryson Gray’s ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Tops Music Charts After Being Banned on YouTube for ‘Medical Misinformation’

Monday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed MAGA rapper Bryson Gray to the newsmakers line to talk about being banned on YouTube for medical misinformation with his new hit song 'Let's Go Brandon.'

October 25, 2021

65 Percent of Voters Agree with Sen. Blackburn: Buttigieg Should ‘Get Back to Work or Leave

According to a Rasmussen Reports poll, 65% of voters agree with Sen. Marsha Blackburn's comment that Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg should either "get back to work or leave" after taking off work for two months of paternity leave. The...