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Yearly Archives: 2020

Study: Alaskans are highly compliant with mask recommendations

A new poll shows that the vast majority of Alaskans are abiding by either local mandates or state recommendation to wear a face mask...

AIDEA board votes to bid on ANWR Coastal Plain leases

With environmental groups threatening companies that may have sought to bid on leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska's own economic development corporation...

Acting mayor backs out of buying America’s Best Inn for homeless, but Aviator Hotel is filling the gap

The acting mayor of Anchorage says the city will not buy America's Best Value Inn as part of an overall plan to address the...

Slippery slope of government schools as family substitute

By TIM BARTO At a recent Kenai School Board meeting, and as reported in Must Read Alaska,  an impassioned argument was made to get young students back...

Judge reverses dismissal of Rep. Lance Pruitt lawsuit against Elections Division

Anchorage Superior Court Judge Josie Garton today reversed her ruling of Tuesday, when she had dismissed a claim by Rep. Lance Pruitt that a...

Legislature to sue Dunleavy after legislators did not vote on his appointees

The Alaska Legislative Council is suing Gov. Mike Dunleavy over appointments of numerous public servants, who the Legislature has not confirmed. The appointees were...

USA Today: Latest stimulus bill came together at Lisa Murkowski’s house, over pasta dinner

Editor's note: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, in her 18th year in the U.S. Senate, is emerging as a powerful figure, whose Senate role in bridging...

Witnesses show misconduct at Alaska Division of Elections, proof of 11th-hour poll-swapping in District 27

Anchorage Superior Judge Josie Garton today heard extensive and detailed testimony from an election expert describing how the Division of Elections had moved a...

Dunleavy breaks up DHSS into two departments, with focus on health for one, families for the other

Gov. Mike Dunleavy today said that the state's largest bureaucracy, the Department of Health and Social Services, will be split into two. Dunleavy will make...

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