Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Kenai Republicans officially ask Rep. Knopp to not run as GOP candidate

Suzanne Downing - May 30, 2020 23

The rogue Republican representative from District 30 has been asked by his own political party to not run for the Legislature as a Republican. Rep....

Dunleavy: Travel quarantine can be avoided by pre-travel test for COVID-19

Suzanne Downing - May 29, 2020 38

Travelers to Alaska can take a test for COVID-19 before they come to Alaska, and if they have are cleared by the test as...

Protests planned, organizers anticipate tear gas?

Suzanne Downing - May 29, 2020 112

Anchorage protests against police brutality are planned for Saturday at least in a couple of locations in Alaska. One group is meeting at Town...

Anchorage police chief expresses shock at Minneapolis cop behavior

Suzanne Downing - May 29, 2020 13

Anchorage Police Chief Justin Doll issued a long statement today, decrying the recent apparent police brutality in Minneapolis, where a man died after having...

Pebble stock jumps on news that EPA, Army Corps are making progress on decision

Suzanne Downing - May 29, 2020 13

The parent company for the Pebble Project got a big bump in its stock price on Thursday, after a letter from regulators noted that...

Punishment meted by Senate Republican leadership: Conservative members take beating over stimulus vote

Suzanne Downing - May 28, 2020 53

Four members of the 14-member Senate Majority are in the doghouse with their Republican leadership because of their votes favoring a stimulus dividend during...

Forbes says Alaska refuses to report nursing home-COVID deaths; but there’s just one little problem

Suzanne Downing - May 28, 2020 8

According to Forbes, a venerable business publication, Alaska is hiding its nursing home deaths that are due to COVID-19, the deadly coronavirus that seems...

Jump: 13 new cases diagnosed in one day

Suzanne Downing - May 28, 2020 21

COVID-19 cases in Alaska took a big one-day jump with 13 new cases reported, the most since late March. Seven of the new cases were...

Do over? Mat-Su School Board wants district to do its homework on book selection

Suzanne Downing - May 28, 2020 5

THE DISTRICT NEEDS TO ALIGN ITS POLICIES WITH STATE LAW The Mat-Su School Board put a controversial decision about several controversy-inspiring books on hold for...

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Let my people go: Final American hostage to be released by Hamas on Monday, Trump says

US talks with China make fast progress

Poll: Most Americans think political civility has declined, that violence will increase