Politics
Aug. 23 is first primary debate for GOP presidential candidates, but who will be on the stage?
To kick off the upcoming 2024 presidential election cycle, the Republican National Committee unveiled requirements for candidates to participate in the first debate, scheduled...
By the numbers: Highlights of Alaska’s 2023 legislative session
By ERICK CORDERO GIORGANA, BETHANY MARCUM, AND CARMELA WARFIELD
The first regular session of the 33rd legislature adjourned on May 17, with a one-day special session...
The 907
Creepy: Three deaths in three days on one boat anchored near Juneau
The vessel Dusky Rock, anchored offshore at Sandy Beach on Douglas Island has become the scene of three deaths within the span of three...
Columns
Harry McDonald: Legislature deserves credit
By HARRY MCDONALD
While the recently completed legislative session was at times messy, the final outcome was a good one: a balanced budget, a reasonable and...
Rick Whitbeck: Here’s another horrible tax conceived in the swamp
By RICK WHITBECK
Despite yearslong pushback from small businesses, manufacturers, and consumers, Congress is once again considering "carbon border adjustment tax" legislation which will unfairly impact the...
AK Almanac
The Social
Tickets going fast: DC Draino appears Thursday and Friday in Alaska
Rogan O'Handley, known on social media as DC Draino, will be making appearances in Alaska this week.
O'Handley has millions of social media followers who...
From Ketchikan to Fairbanks, Memorial Day events calendar
Anchorage
9-10:30 am, on the Delaney Park Strip, at 9th Avenue and I Street. Hosted by the Municipality of Anchorage, the event honors those who...
Target, Bud Light, now North Face? Transgender and drag queen marketing leading to stocks slipping
North Face, the Denver clothing company founded in 1966 to supply hardcore mountain climbers, has joined the hardcore transgender marketing trend.
In advance of...
This Just In
Bud Light grants $200,000 to National LGBT Chamber of Commerce
Bud Light and the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, the "exclusive certifying body for LGBT-owned businesses," announced they are extending their partnership to support economic opportunities and...
Spoiled concrete: Supreme Court weighs in on right to strike definitions in Washington Teamster case
In a landmark decision on Thursday, the United States Supreme Court established a new definition concerning limits on the right to strike under federal...