Monthly Archives: February, 2021
Alaska joins amicus brief supporting right to carry
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced that Alaska has joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in an amicus brief to the U.S....
State DMV sets up way for people to report distasteful vehicle license plates
After license plates with possibly hidden messages started showing up in social media accounts last month (3REICH and FUHRER, for example), the Department of...
Cori Mills named new deputy attorney general
Attorney General Treg Taylor announced Cori Mills of Juneau will serve as the new Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Law.
Mills started with...
Mat-Su considering change to 1st class borough
Two big ordinances are being considered at the Feb. 2 meeting of the Mat-Su Borough Assembly.
One would allow the elected mayor to manage...
Public corruption: Did Dunbar and Constant break Alaska law against coercion?
An email thread between two progressive Assemblymen in Anchorage indicate that they were coordinating with each other to coerce pastors into supporting a massive,...
Rocket company that launches from Kodiak is going public
Tuesday's Wall Street Journal reports that the rocket company Astra Space, Inc., which has been launching rockets from Kodiak, intends to be the first...
Democrats in House Resources try to strip ANWR oil wealth from budget bill
The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona, has inserted a provision in a budget reconciliation bill that could take...
Craig Campbell: Laddie Shaw, a true Alaska hero
By CRAIG E. CAMPBELL
What is it with our state elected officials? We go to the polls to select those who will represent us in Juneau...
Vote for Laddie Shaw for Speaker Pro Tem fails 20-20
Once again, the House of Representatives has voted 20-20, and once again there is still no Speaker, or Speaker Pro Tem. The House remains...
Ketchikan is bar-shaming
As Ketchikan saw the cases of COVID-19 creep up, the official response has been to name five downtown bars, and tell people that if...