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Monthly Archives: March, 2020

Berkowitz orders citizens to ‘hunker down’ at home now

Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has ordered Anchorage residents to stay home, except when they need to go to critically important jobs, or to buy groceries,...

Recall Dunleavy group moves to ‘sign at home’

In a desperate effort to restart their attempt to remove the governor of Alaska in the middle of an international emergency, the Recall Dunleavy...

Villages, tribes begin locking down travel to communities

TRIBAL COUNCILS SET QUARANTINE The Village of Grayling, population about 200, has issued a travel ban for everyone in the village, prohibiting all inter-village travel....

In a time of COVID, tribal sovereignty bill passes House

The Alaska House of Representatives has voted to officially recognize the 229 federally recognized tribes in Alaska. Rep. Chuck Kopp, the sponsor of House Bill...

Dunleavy to Legislature: Pay the remaining PFD now

HE IS HALTING EVICTIONS FOR THOSE IN AHFC HOUSING Gov. Mike Dunleavy today asked the Alaska Legislature to release the $1,306 in Permanent Fund dividend...

Now, a dozen COVID cases

GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES ECONOMIC RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES Gov. Mike Dunleavy said that with three new cases identified today, there are 12 cases of COVID-19 virus identified...

Another conservative nominee takes on Rep. Zack Field’s Thunderdome

JAMIE ALLARD GOES INTO THE RING, COMES OUT UNSCATHED A nominee for the Alaska Human Rights Commission got to experience the now-common public character assassination...

This is our ‘rainy day’: Alaskans need the PFD now

IF NOT NOW, WHEN? By JOE GELDHOF, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR Alaska is at a critical point.  Oil prices have tanked.  The threat from the COVID-19 virus is...

Relief for laid-off workers speeding through Legislature

The Alaska House passed HB 308, which will waive work-seeking requirements for those collecting unemployment insurance, extending that requirement to 120 days. The bill has...

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