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December 8, 2022

Journalist Jon Styf on Brittney Griner Trade, Tennessee Titans Stadium Deal’s Downfalls

Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed journalist for The Center Square Jon Styf on the newsmaker line to comment on Brittney Griner release and dimensions of the $2.1 billion-dollar Tennessee Titans stadium deal.

December 8, 2022

Recovering Journalist Clint Brewer on Losing the Early Vote and Republicans’ Narrow Path to Victory

Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed all-star panelist Clint Brewer in the studio to examine early voting and the Republican Party's narrow path to victory.

December 8, 2022

Braden Boucek on the Colorado Free Speech Case with 303 Creative Web Design

Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed all-star panelist Braden Boucek of the Southeastern Legal Foundation in studio to comment upon Colorado web design firm, 303 Creative's free speech rights.

December 8, 2022

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn Talks Common Sense Victory Protecting Servicemembers From COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Activist Judges

Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed Tennessee's Senior United States Senator, Marsha Blackburn to the newsmaker line to discuss her added provision to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that would protect servicemembers from the COVID-19...

December 8, 2022

Brewer to the Republican Party: Stop Blaming the Refs, Go Vote

Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed all-star panelist Clint Brewer in the studio to recommend a strategy for the Republican Party's going forward to win future elections.

December 8, 2022

The Beacon Center’s Mark Cunningham Discusses Lack of Transparency in $2.1 Billion Titans Stadium Deal

Thursday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed the Director of Communications for the Beacon Center, Mark Cunningham to the newsmaker line to discuss the lack of transparency in the new Titans stadium's $2.1 billion dollar deal.

December 8, 2022

Griner Released in Prisoner Swap for Convicted Russian Arms Dealer

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian prison in a prisoner exchange for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to multiple media reports Thursday morning. President Joe Biden said Griner is safe and on her way home during...

December 8, 2022

Maricopa County Recorder Sought DHS Support in War on Purported Election Misinformation in Media

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who started a PAC to support anti-Trump Republican candidates, sought support from the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — including funding, intelligence, and collaboration with social media — in election...

December 8, 2022

Tennessee AG Skrmetti Takes Aim at Big Tech’s Section 230 Protections

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Tuesday that he has led a coalition of 25 States and the District of Columbia in filing an amicus brief at the United States Supreme Court in Gonzalez v. Google.

December 8, 2022

Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti Secures $13 Million for Tennessee from Settlement with Electronic Cigarette Maker JUUL

Tennessee is one of 34 states that will share nearly $435 million in the settlement with JUUL. Tennessee will receive approximately $13 million from the settlement, according to Skrmetti’s office.

December 8, 2022

Virginia Restaurant Cancels Christian Group’s Reservation Due to Its Pro-Life and Traditional Marriage Views

A Virginia restaurant owner denied service to a Christian organization about 90 minutes prior to its private party because the group is pro-life and embraces one man-one woman marriage. Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation of Virginia, which holds...

December 8, 2022

National Park Service Names Oak Ridge as American World War II Heritage City

The National Park Service (NPS)announced Monday the designation of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as an American World War II Heritage City. NPS' American World War II Heritage Cities Program ”honors the contributions of local towns, cities, counties and their citizens who stepped into the...

December 8, 2022

Bishop Asserts Catholic Schools’ Embrace of Gender ideology ‘Tragic’ and ‘Sinful’

The chairman of the U.S. Bishops Catholic Education Committee said in a recent interview that policies created to align with gender ideology have “no place” in Catholic schools and institutions. Bishop Thomas Daly of Spokane, Washington, told the National Catholic...

December 8, 2022

Lawmakers Amend the ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ to Accept Birth Certificates

Ohio lawmakers amended a bill Tuesday that stops biological men and boys from high school and middle school from participating in women and girls' sports. The amendment removed a provision that could have required students to undergo “internal and external”...

December 8, 2022

Metro Council Advances Hotel Tax Increase, Use of Funds Restricted to New Titans Stadium

Metro Nashville Council on Tuesday increased the city's hotel occupancy tax. The increased funds from the tax hike are required by state law to be used solely for the construction and future capital improvements and the associated debt service of...

December 8, 2022

Arizona Faced a Similar Contentious Gubernatorial Race in 1916 That Dragged Out with Accusations of Voter Fraud

As the protests and litigation continue in Arizona, challenging the results of the 2022 midterm election where four Trump-endorsed candidates lost, some are looking at history to understand how the litigation may end. In 1916, a contentious gubernatorial race in...

December 8, 2022

Businesses Fear Michigan Democrats Repealing Right-to-Work

Come January, Democratic majorities in Lansing will try to repeal right-to-work – Republicans’ flagship policy adopted when they controlled the Legislature and governor's office. Next week will mark the 10th anniversary of Michigan passing its right-to-work law. In short, the...

December 8, 2022

DeSantis’ Office: No ‘U-Turns’ on Decision to Strip Disney of Special Status

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has no plans to back down against corporate behemoth Walt Disney Co. after speculation that laws put in place in April to dissolve the company’s self-governing power were going to be scaled back. In March, then...

December 8, 2022

Arizona State Senate President-Elect Reveals Plan to Help Arizonans Struggling with Rising Prices

State Senate President-elect Warren Petersen announced Tuesday his plan for helping Arizonans struggling with raising prices catch a break. "Government has done extremely well over the last few years by adding a record amount of revenue. Unfortunately, hardworking taxpayers are...

December 8, 2022

Critics Say Georgia’s Gas Tax Moratorium Helps, but Isn’t Good Long-Term Policy

Georgia hasn’t collected its gas tax since March, as Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a series of legislation and executive orders to place a moratorium on collections. "Those prices have a huge impact on the economy as a whole," National...

December 8, 2022

Minnesota Projects $17.6 Billion Surplus

Minnesota’s Management and Budget estimate a general fund budget surplus of $17.6 billion for the fiscal year 2024-25 biennium. “Strong collections and lower-than-projected spending add to the FY22-23 surplus,” the agency said. “Economic headwinds lower expected growth but large leftover...

December 8, 2022

Pennsylvania Natural Gas Price up 95 Percent, New Wells up 42 Percent

Natural gas prices are climbing, but overall production in Pennsylvania has lagged year-over-year. The latest report from the Independent Fiscal Office says prices in the third quarter of 2022 jumped almost 95% compared to the same period last year. Nor will prices...

December 8, 2022

Commentary: The Tyranny of the Minority

In the Federalist, James Madison famously warned against the “tyranny of the majority,” but it is unlikely he could have envisioned what we face today. Twenty-first-century America is dissolving before our eyes, as a tyrannical coalition of minorities steals our heritage...

December 8, 2022

Wisconsin Congressman Calls on LinkedIn to Remove Job Listings for Companies That Pose Security Threats

U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8) this week urged the head of the career-networking website LinkedIn to prohibit the platform from posting job openings at companies posing security threats to America. Gallagher, who sits on the House Permanent Select Committee on...

December 8, 2022

Attorney General Mark Brnovich Seeks Death Penalty for Aaron Gunches, Who Requested His Own Execution

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Wednesday his office requested a warrant of execution for Arizona death row inmate Aaron Gunches. "The rule of law is for all of our society to uphold," said Brnovich. "We must never cease to...

December 8, 2022

Home Labs in Northeast Ohio Found to be Making Fentanyl-Laced Fake Prescription Pills

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Northeast Ohio found that individuals are setting up labs with pill presses to produce fentanyl pills inside their homes. According to the DEA, generally in a lot of cases, cartels produced the pills in...

December 8, 2022

Fauci Worried That COVID Lab Leak Theories Would Increase Tensions with China

During testimony last week, Anthony Fauci admitted that one of the reasons he repeatedly shot down any theories of the COVID-19 virus originating through a lab leak in Wuhan, China was because he did not want to risk escalating tensions...

December 8, 2022

Commentary: Solar’s Lofty Ambitions Are Consuming Ever-Larger Expanses of Land Down Below

Wedged in the southern flank of Virginia, Charlotte County is home to some 11,500 people who live amidst rolling hills and family farms, pastures and sawmills, a historic Civil War battlefield, and four townlets tinier than many suburban subdivisions. But this...

December 8, 2022

Congress Won’t Reinstate Troops Discharged for Violating the COVID Vaccine Mandate

Thousands of troops already discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine won’t return to service after Congress’ last-minute defense bill sought to overturn the Pentagon’s mandate. The Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps have separated at least 8,400 active duty and reserve...

December 8, 2022

Pro-Lifers Still Haven’t Received Any Meaningful Updates from FBI After Being Firebombed

Three pro-life pregnancy centers have had no meaningful updates from the FBI since they were firebombed in early summer following reports that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, they told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

December 8, 2022

Teachers Flee Unions as Membership Plummets by Almost 60,000

The nation’s largest teachers unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), declined by at least 59,000 members during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) disclosure reports. The NEA,...

December 7, 2022

OANNs’ National Political Correspondent Neil W. McCabe Describes a Broken Republican Party

Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed One America News national political correspondent, Neil W. McCabe to the newsmaker line to discuss the state of the broken Republican Party.

December 7, 2022

Organizers of the Teens Against Gender Mutilation Rally Discuss Censorship, Security, and Future Aspirations

Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed Turning Point USA Faith Field Rep. Nicole Herchberger and Rutheford County TPUSA Chapter President Hannah Faulkner in studio to discuss the motivation for the rally and Faulkner's future aspirations.

December 7, 2022

TPUSA Talks About Its Upcoming Teens Against Gender Mutilation Rally in Murfreesboro

Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed Turning Point USA Faith Field Rep. Nicole Herchberger and Rutheford County TPUSA Chapter President Hannah Faulkner in studio to discuss the Teens Against Gender Mutilation Rally coming January 28th in Murfreesboro,...

December 7, 2022

Crom’s Crommentary: Republicans Should Hold Hearings on the History of Slavery, Big Tech to Pay Reparations

Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the studio for another edition of Crom’s Crommentary.

December 7, 2022

Gov. Lee Proposes Toll Lanes, Electric Vehicle Registration Fee Increase

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Department of Transportation are looking to raise the annual vehicle registration fees for electric vehicles up to three times to $300 along with adding potential toll commuter lanes. The proposals come as Lee and...

December 7, 2022

University of Houston Researchers Working on Fentanyl Vaccine

The University of Houston is leading a research effort to develop a fentanyl vaccine. Gov. Greg Abbott toured the university’s vaccine lab and was briefed by technicians who’ve been experimenting with mice and rats on a potential drug that could...

December 7, 2022

Meta’s ‘Unequal’ Moderation Policy Protects Elites on Facebook and Instagram: Report

Meta’s Oversight Board criticized the social media giant for unfairly favoring certain elite users of Facebook and Instagram, granting them amnesty from certain rules, and failing to publicly disclose the program’s extent. Meta’s “cross-check” program is supposed to minimize the...

December 7, 2022

House Democrats Block Religious Liberty Amendment to Same-Sex Marriage Bill to Assure Passage Before Republicans Take Over

House Democrats have blocked an amendment that would have strengthened religious liberty protections to their legislation to codify same-sex marriage to ensure swift passage of the bill before Republicans take over leadership of the House in the new year. "If...

December 7, 2022

TIME Magazine Recognizes Two Vanderbilt Faculty Members in ‘Best Inventions of 2022’ List

The research of two Vanderbilt faculty members has been recognized in TIME magazine's ‘Best Inventions of 2022’ list.

December 7, 2022

New Third Quarter Business Filings in Tennessee Set Record

A new Quarterly Business and Economic Indicators report issued by the Tennessee Secretary of State’s Office revealed that new business filings in the third quarter of 2022 were the highest for a third quarter in the 24-year history of the...

December 7, 2022

Controversy Continues After Ohio School Board Finds Superintendent Engaged in No Wrongdoing in Allegations He Admitted to Sexual Fantasies with Children

Some parents in Ohio’s Lakota Local Schools reportedly remain concerned after the school board determined Superintendent Matt Miller engaged in no wrongdoing following an investigation into documents alleging he admitted to having sexual fantasies involving children, Libs of TikTok reported...

December 7, 2022

Youngkin’s Commission to Combat Antisemitism Warns of Rising Incidents, Proposes Beefed-Up Law Enforcement, Education

A commission to combat antisemitism ordered by Governor Glenn Youngkin published its report Monday, describing a rising amount of antisemitic incidents nationally and in Virginia, and recommending 21 steps the governor and the General Assembly could take. "In recent years,...

December 7, 2022

Mayo Refuses Kidney Transplant for Another Unvaccinated Woman

Mayo Clinic has declined to consider a kidney transplant for a legally blind woman who has not received the COVID vaccine, her grandparents told Alpha News. Belinda Kuhn told Alpha News that her granddaughter Courtney, a 33-year-old mother from Rochester,...

December 7, 2022

Wisconsin Republican Members of Congress Ask Evers to Pull Government TikTok

Republican members of Congress from Wisconsin this week called on Democratic Governor Tony Evers to end all state-government usage of the video-sharing application known as TikTok. The app, which has garnered about 80 million monthly active users since its release...