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Students, including Tafari Robertson (center), gather around the Fighting Stallions during the March on Clegg, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, on the Quad. Star file photo Editor’s Note: For the remainder of the school year, The University Star will take on “The 11% Project”, an examination of Black students at Texas State through History, Election, Hometowns, Activism, Creatives and 10 years from now. It took Tafari Robertson two years post-graduation to pr...

Prior Tiverton resolution supporting Second Amendment set for repeal Marcia Pobzeznik Daily News correspondent TIVERTON — A resolution passed by a prior Town Council supporting the Second Amendment and opposing the infringement on the right to bear arms has “faded into the sunset,” because there is now a new council, according to the Town Solicitor Michael Marcello, but the current council plans to grant a request by two residents to repeal it. The resolution that was initially introduce...

Kalispell Students Plan Walkout to Protest Masks I know were all getting tired of talking about masks, but school kids in Montana are sick of being forced to wear masks. And now, students in Kalispell have been planning to protest. (Well keep you updated as we see coverage following the event) Glacier High School junior Kate Opre is one of the co-organizers for the walkout, which is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. at both Glacier and Flathead high schools. “We’re not against other people wearing ma...

The introduction of a universal background check bill has anti-gun activists cheering.

A Huge Moment: Gun Safety Groups Hopeful About Bipartisan Background Checks Bill On 3/2/21 at 4:45 PM EST Multiple gun safety groups are urging members of Congress to vote in favor of a revived bipartisan bill that would expand background checks for firearm sales if signed into law. The bill, H.R. 8, passed through the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives in early 2019 but stalled in the Senate. The proposed legislations bipartisan group of sponsors reintroduced the bill in the House on...

Moms Demand Action A group of Colorado Moms Demand Action volunteers gather outside of the Colorado State Capitol in early 2019 on Advocacy Day, a day when volunteers and gun violence survivors talk with state legislators about common-sense gun legislation. This year’s Advocacy Day will be held virtually on April 6. The public can RSVP on the Moms Demand Action website, momsdemandaction.org. Moms Demand Action

Moms Demand Action is launching a nationwide campaign advocating for anti-violence and anti-gun measures in cities across the country.

Gun violence Published: 3/1/2021 9:12:54 AM This Black History Month, I attended a Feb. 7 Massachusetts-wide virtual event marking National Gun Violence Survivors Week. This event was produced by the Massachusetts chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. A year ago, the Western Massachusetts group of Moms Demand met Juanita Batchelor at a peace march in Springfield. Juanita’s son Darrell Jenkins was killed by a gun wielding shooter on June 4, 2014. The homicide remains unsolved...

LOGIN Meghan McCain Calls for Biden Administration to Replace Dr. Fauci: ‘He Doesn’t Understand Science’ (Video) “This is my opinion. We need someone else in charge of coronavirus messaging and leadership,” McCain saysAndrea Towers | February 22, 2021 @ 11:46 AM Last Updated: February 22, 2021 @ 1:04 PM “The View” co-host Meghan McCain has lashed out at Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Biden Administration’s vaccination rollout. “I’m over Dr. Fauci,” a frust...

The proposal states anyone that is legally allowed to have a gun and would not be required to get a license of permit to carry a gun.