The Star News Education Foundation Journalism Project will provide fellowships to train young and early-career journalists in how to investigate and report stories about civics, education, politics, law, and public policy and provides them a forum for their stories to be published and disseminated.
Star News Education Foundation Journalism Project articles may be republished, free of charge, upon the completion of a licensing agreement that includes attribution requirements. To obtain licensing, please email your request to journalism-licensing@starnewseducationfoundation.org.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) slammed Florida Agriculture Commissioner and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried at press conference Wednesday in New Smyrna Beach, after Fried announced that she is running against DeSantis. “Nikki Fried has done nothing in office. She does nothing,” DeSantis said. “All she does is emote on social media, […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) Wednesday signed into law Florida’s 2021-2022 budget bill, which he calls the Florida Leads budget. The whopping $101.5 billion budget is the largest in state history, but the tax burden per individual Floridian is the lowest in the country, according to DeSantis.
A defiant Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday signed a bill banning transgender girls – biological boys – from competing in girls sports. “At a bill signing event at the Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, DeSantis touted the ban as a way to protect the integrity of women’s and girls’ sports,” Tampa […]
As Florida’s governor singed into law Tuesday a bill that bans transgender girls – biological boys – from competing in girl’s sports, Republican lawmakers in Ohio reintroduced a bill that would do the same. The Save Women’s Sports Act was reintroduced by Rep. Jena Powell (R-Arcanum), and co-sponsored by Rep. […]
A Texas nonprofit is suing Major League Baseball (MLB) after the league moved its 2021 All Star game from Atlanta to Denver, Colorado in protest over a recently-implemented voter ID law. “A 21-page lawsuit by conservative small-business advocacy organization Job Creators Network, filed Monday in federal court in New York, […]
After months of testing the waters and teasing a run for governor, Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner has officially launched her bid to take on incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Fried announced the run Tuesday afternoon, posting a video to her official Twitter account.
State and local governments are continuing the trend of bribing residents in exchange for taking the COVID-19 vaccine. The Ingham County Health Department is teamed up with a Michigan zoo Saturday in an effort to get residents vaccinated.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is asking the Biden administration to approve a plan that would allow for the importation of FDA-approved Canadian drugs to the Sunshine State, which would lower costs, according to the governor. “Today, Governor Ron DeSantis called on the Biden Administration and leadership at the U.S. Department […]
Using federal COVID-19 funds, Minnesota has become the latest state to bribe its residents with prizes in exchange for taking the vaccine. Gov. Tim Walz (D) announced Thursday that residents who get at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccination before the end of June will be able to select […]