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Yearly Archives: 2020

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...

Judicial Conduct Commission executive director refuses to draft letter to Supremes

The Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct was sent into conflict today after the executive director declared she would not draft a letter to the...

Mayor-select to Allard: Butt out

ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET We have to ask the question: Why would Anchorage’s placeholder mayor bar an Eagle River assemblywoman from a meeting she is having...

Biggest story of the year: We discover how easily America embraces socialism

2020 was a year we will not soon forget. Like the year 2001, our Great Experiment as a democratic republic turned an abrupt corner. America...

Suicide attempts in Alaska: Up 12 percent this year, spiking among the young

The State of Alaska's suicide report, released on Tuesday, reveals that suicide deaths were consistent this year compared to the last two years, but...

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