Monthly Archives: May, 2020
Restaurants say the eased-up regulations are killing them
The damage has already been done. When Must Read Alaska reached John (his name is changed to protect him from government retaliation), he was...
Cancel culture: Legislative committee chair halts flow of COVID funds to Alaskans
GAMESMANSHIP? REP. CHRIS TUCK WANTS SPECIAL SESSION
Rep. Chris Tuck, Democrat chair of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, made a game-day decision on...
Mat-Su School Board to listen to arguments for, against the books they removed from high school curriculum
The entire world of news writers seems to think the Mat-Su School District Board has banned five famous books.
School board members have heard...
COVID-19 update: One new case, and one new death
One more case of COVID-19 coronavirus was diagnosed during the most recent 24-hour snapshot by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. The...
Robert M. Burnett, March 8, 1929-May 6, 2020
Two months after his 91st birthday, Robert M. Burnett slipped away from life. He had been in failing health for the last few months,...
Cause journalism’s gold medallion: Is it now just sponsored content?
MAINSTREAM MEDIA GOES ALL IN FOR LIBERAL UNDERWRITING
When last year the Anchorage Daily News announced it had received a ProPublica grant to produce a...
Out of business?
ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
We wonder, as surely you have, why the Legislature is sitting on its thumbs in getting out to cash-strapped cities and businesses...
COVID-19 update: One case
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Tuesday announced one new case of COVID-19 in Alaska. The new case is in Anchorage.
The...
Carnival Cruise Line cancels rest of Alaska season, Norwegian may sink in debt
Carnival Cruise Line has canceled the remainder of its ship sailings to Alaska this summer and Norwegian Cruise Lines announced on Tuesday that its...
Costco heading off a run on meat by rationing to 3 items
Costco is limiting purchases of meat in advance of what the company expects could be a run on protein and a weaker supply chain...