- http://theohiostar.com/news/repu...wage/tcsquare/2024/05/10/If a push to increase Ohio's minimum wage fails to make the November ballot, there's a backup plan in the state Senate. That plan, though, moves increases more slowly and eventually keeps the tipped wage at half of thenon-tippedwage.If the proposed constitutional amendmentreaches the ballot and ispassed, the tipped- andnon-tippedwage would eventually become ...Posted 2 hours 29 minutes ago - 05/09/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/ford...n/ohstarstaff/2024/05/10/Shareholders at auto manufacturing giant Ford Motor Co. voted down a proposal Thursday requiring that a report be compiled on the use of child labor in its electric vehicle (EV) line. The proposal, which was presented by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) at Fords annual shareholder meeting, called for Ford to report to shareholders the ...Posted 2 hours 29 minutes ago - 05/09/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/anti...udents/jtnews/2024/05/10/Prominent acts of antisemitism at K-12 schools nationwide since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel are raising questions about what students may have been learning before the Hamas attack that could have sparked such a quick radicalization. School "walkouts" with praises of Hamas, student shouts of "F*** the Jews," and teacher-led bullying of Jewish ...Posted 2 hours 29 minutes ago - 05/09/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/the-...s/adn-america/2024/05/10/Several media outlets have finally begun to acknowledge what ADN reportedlast year about young Cubans being recruited and lured to work in Russia, but then forced to risk their lives on the battlefields in Ukraine. Sources from the Cuban community tell ADN that the number of Cubans recruited to fight for Moscow is close to 5,000, not 400, as reported by the ...Posted 2 hours 29 minutes ago - 05/09/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/us-i...s/ohstarstaff/2024/05/10/The United States government is not appropriately addressing the threat posed by growing Chinese ownership of American land, according to a report released by the Heritage Foundation Thursday. The federal government is woefully ill-equipped to trackChinese-owned real estate in the country, despite the serious threat these Chinese Communist Party-affiliated ...Posted 2 hours 39 minutes ago - 05/09/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/nati...reery/bbowman/2024/05/10/To say 2024 has been a banner year for Scotty McCreery would be an understatement. From his beloved North Carolina State making it to the NCAA Final Four to recently being added to the prestigious roster of Grand Ole Opry members, you would think that there wasnt much left for the 30-year-old to accomplish. In 2011, 17-year-old McCreery beat out Lauren ...Posted 2 hours 50 minutes ago - 05/09/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/sena...rime/tcsquare/2024/05/09/Republican U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban student loan forgiveness for protestors convicted of a crime while protesting on U.S. college campuses. The post Senate Bill Would Ban Student Loan Forgiveness for Protestors Convicted of a Crime first appeared on The Ohio Star.Posted 12 hours 26 minutes ago - 05/09/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/two-...ice-say/admin/2024/05/09/The majority of people arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) while clearing a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University (GWU) were not students, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said on Thursday. The post Two-Thirds of University Protesters Arrested Werent Even Students, Police Say first appeared on The Ohio Star.Posted 12 hours 26 minutes ago - 05/09/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/cali...e/ohstarstaff/2024/05/09/Republican El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells citeda surge in border encounters as proof of federal enforcement failures, Newsweek reported. Wells pointed out the concerning surge in borderencounterswithin San Diego County, noting a major shift in migration patterns and federal border enforcement efforts. He stated that San Diego County experienced an unprecedented ...Posted 1 day 2 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/boy-...merica/jtnews/2024/05/09/The Boy Scouts of America announced Tuesday that it will be changing its name to "Scouting America" amid controversies. The name change was announced in Florida during the group's annual meeting. The post Boy Scouts of America Changing Its Name to Scouting America first appeared on The Ohio Star.Posted 1 day 2 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/lake...m/ohstarstaff/2024/05/09/A Georgia grand jury has formally indicted the man accused of killing 22-year-old student Laken Riley on ten charges, including murder, kidnapping and being a peeping Tom. Jose Ibarra is charged with malice murder, three counts of felony murder, kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, tampering with evidence and interfering with a 911 call for ...Posted 1 day 2 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/inde...ohio/khousler/2024/05/09/Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s campaign announced Wednesday that it collected enough signatures to gain ballot access in Ohio. In Ohio, candidates must submit 5,000 valid signatures from registered voters to gain ballot access. The post Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Collects Enough Signatures Needed to ...Posted 1 day 2 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/medi...esults/jtnews/2024/05/09/Stanford researchers recently claimed to have found a link between childhood respiratory illnesses and the use of gas stoves. The study, which was reported last week across multiple national news outlets, posed an interesting contrast to a study in February funded by the World Health Organization andpublished inThe Lancetthatfound no such link and appeared ...Posted 1 day 2 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/rest...action/jtnews/2024/05/09/A movement to restore the names of Confederate military leaders on schools is garnering traction in a Virginia county, with the school board set to vote on the matter this week amid fierce opposition from minority groups. Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School were renamed Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School ...Posted 1 day 2 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/labo...h/ohstarstaff/2024/05/09/A judge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week ruled in favor of a case that has serious implications for free speech by employers when talking about unions, legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Judge Brian Geefoundthat the NLRB was correct in its assertion that certain comments made in interviews in 2022 by Amazon CEO Andy ...Posted 1 day 2 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/nati...peaker/jtnews/2024/05/08/The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to tableGeorgia firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's petition to remove Mike Johnson on Wednesday. The post House Tables Marjorie Taylor Greenes Effort to Oust Mike Johnson as Speaker first appeared on The Ohio Star.Posted 1 day 8 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/alle...x/ohstarstaff/2024/05/08/Several threats made against a pro-LGBTQ pride event in Montana have since been determined to be hoaxes simply meant to discourage people from attending. According toABC News, the Bozeman Police Department (BPD) investigated two threats that occurred within the city limits of Bozeman over the weekend, after two other threats had been made on Friday. The ...Posted 1 day 11 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/tikt...p/ohstarstaff/2024/05/08/On Tuesday, the Chinese social media app TikTok and its parent company filed a lawsuit against the federal government of the United States over a new law threatening to ban the app if it is not sold to another company by next year. ABC Newsreports that the lawsuit, filed by TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance, claims the new law is a violation ...Posted 1 day 11 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/fede...ause/khousler/2024/05/08/Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Tennessee Star, said he believes an Ohio court case, Ream v. U.S. Department of Treasury, may succeed in rolling back federal overreach regardingCongress power to regulate interstate commerce under the U.S. Constitutions Commerce Clause. The Buckeye Institute, an Ohio think tank, filed Ream v. U.S. ...Posted 1 day 11 hours ago - 05/08/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/hous...ally/tcsquare/2024/05/08/A group of 17 Congressional Republicans led by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is calling on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide information on "the total number of illegal aliens currently residing within the United States." In a letter to Mayorkas, whom they voted to impeach in February, the Republican lawmakers argue, ...Posted 2 days 2 hours ago - 05/07/24
- http://theohiostar.com/commentar...n/ohstarstaff/2024/05/08/Four law enforcement officers were shot dead in Charlotte, North Carolina, last week. On hearing the news, I was reminded of my mother's frequent warnings about police work. Her message? Steer clear. With her husband and her brother patrolling the mean streets of Newark, she didnt need the added anxiety of having her sons do the same. Today, for the ...Posted 2 days 2 hours ago - 05/07/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/chai...ctices/jtnews/2024/05/08/"We understand that the FBI has struggled with attracting enough qualified applicants from all desired target groups to sustain its mission This is likely due to the FBI re-focusing its recruitment efforts on DEI statistics," Jordan wrote in theletterto Wray. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is pressing Federal Bureau of Investigation ...Posted 2 days 2 hours ago - 05/07/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/many...ance/tcsquare/2024/05/08/Nearly half of the most popular jobs in Ohio pay the averageworkerso little employees qualify for government assistance to feed a family of three, anew report based on information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. The findings in theStill working for too little in Ohioreport from Policy Matters Ohio also showed that those four occupations employ ...Posted 2 days 2 hours ago - 05/07/24
- http://theohiostar.com/commentar...e/ohstarstaff/2024/05/08/We are in the midst of a presidential campaign year. Its supposed to be the Super Bowl for political junkies like me. But it feels strange and muted, and, so far, its vibe is uncomfortably similar to 2020. The 2020 election was strange because of COVID, which became a pretext to change the rules in order to rig the outcome. This time, there is no such ...Posted 2 days 2 hours ago - 05/07/24
- http://theohiostar.com/news/infl...n/ohstarstaff/2024/05/08/An influential left-of-center donors charity launched an initiative compelling other philanthropies to pour money into voter mobilization efforts ahead of the 2024 elections. Democracy Fund, which wasfoundedand is funded by liberal philanthropist Pierre Omidyar, hasrallied a group of 174 organizations and individuals pledging to expedite their disbursement ...Posted 2 days 2 hours ago - 05/07/24
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