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Rep. Schiff: Trump could give Alaska to the Russians

Rep. Adam Schiff, in his closing arguments to the U.S. Senate today, said that if President Trump is not convicted on the charges brought...

Coronavirus impacts oil, jet fuel demand in China, Asia

VIRUS HAS INFECTED 17,388, DEATHS NOW AT 362 The coronavirus outbreak may cut the demand for oil in China by as much as 250,000 barrels...

‘Faces of Choice’ ad that wasn’t shown during Super Bowl

A powerful video created to be shown during the Super Bowl LIV broadcast on Fox TV was rejected by the network, but the Faces...

SB 115: Alaska motor fuel tax would double in July

SB 115, sponsored by Sen. Click Bishop of Fairbanks, would raise the motor fuel tax from 8 cents to 16 cents beginning in July...

…And they’re off: Anchorage candidates set for ballot

ALSO, THE 5 PERCENT TAX ON ALCOHOL RE-VOTE The Jan. 31 filing deadline for the April municipal election in Anchorage has come and gone and...

Mike Gravel cries foul on DNC; has evidence on tape

FORMER ALASKA SENATOR SAYS BLOOMBERG BUYS WAY IN Former presidential candidate Mike Gravel says the Democratic National Committee emphatically told him that they could...

Plan to fast-track signatures on recall petition hits molasses in January

The Recall Dunleavy Committee had a rough week. After being jubilant over a huge set of wins on Jan. 10, when the committee's lawyers...

Alaska Democrats will have a dozen on their caucus ballot

OR IS IT ELEVEN? ONE CANDIDATE HAS DROPPED Alaska Democrats taking part in their party's privately run primary on April 4 will have 12 candidates...

How Lisa Murkowski saved the Supreme Court

AND CONGRESS, AND THE REPUBLIC, FOR THAT MATTER It cannot have been easy, but Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has been here before, with a pivotal...

In defense of the unborn, where are Republicans?

By MICHAEL TAVOLIERO On January 29, 2020, nine Alaska Republican House members voted against moving HB 178, an act which would interpret the right-to-privacy clause...

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