Monthly Archives: January, 2021
Craig Campbell: The Anchorage 2021 Top Worst Politician Awards
By CRAIG E. CAMPBELL
Politicians love to be recognized. To them, any publicity is good publicity, unless it’s their obituary. I thought we should start this year by...
Rivera blunder? Pledge of Allegiance at Anchorage Assembly goes without “under God”
The people running the city of Anchorage have taken another step in a controversial direction. The man invited to lead the Pledge of Allegiance...
CDC says pregnant ‘people’ should not get vaccine
The scientists at the Centers for Disease Control said earlier this month that "pregnant people" should think twice before getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Rather than...
Governor’s State of State Address will highlight PFD, usual topics
In his third State of the State Address, Gov. Mike Dunleavy will highlight the need to guarantee the PFD for future generations, Alaska’s ability...
Try-try again: House Democrats refuse to elect LeBon as Speaker Pro Tem
For the second time since the Alaska State House of Representatives convened on Jan. 19, Republicans nominated Rep. Bart LeBon (R-Fairbanks) for Speaker Pro Tem,...
Listicle: Who’s in for Anchorage muni elections?
Some have dropped out, some new ones have filed, and some have switched seats they are filing for.
Here is the current list of...
Murkowski politely explains to new Energy Secretary that Alaska is ‘resource anchor’
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee gavel passed from Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia Wednesday, just...
House members show solidarity with Native Vietnam vets seeking land allotments
Alaska House of Representative Republicans and one Independent reacted with dismay today to the news that the Biden Administration’s Department of the Interior has...
Cancel culture: NAACP demands Sen. Shower be removed from committee chair due to fair-election bill
The Anchorage NAACP is demanding Sen. President Peter Micciche remove Sen. Mike Shower as the chairman of the Senate State Affairs Committee.
The group says...
ICYMI: Rand Paul’s speech on Senate floor blasting impeachment
Excerpts from Sen. Rand Paul's blistering speech on the Senate floor on Jan. 26, 2021:
This impeachment is nothing more than a partisan exercise designed...