Monthly Archives: March, 2021
Dan Fagan: Former DPS Commish says Dunleavy fired her after she demoted politically connected trooper
By DAN FAGAN
Former Department of Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price took a direct shot at Mike Dunleavy on Facebook this week describing the governor...
Trump says explicitly that he’ll campaign against Murkowski in 2022
In Politico on Saturday, former President Donald Trump made it clear that he will get involved in the 2022 Senate race in Alaska, where...
By the numbers: Anchorage drifts bluer, while Mat-Su and Kenai trend redder
In the March 3 purge of the voter rolls by the Division of Elections, Alaska has ended up with 585,525 voters.
Year over...
Anchorage mayor stops by Fairbanks Native clinic for her second vaccine
Anchorage Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson traveled to Fairbanks this week, where she received her Covid-19 vaccination from the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center.
“I am so...
Major Obamacare expansion in Covid relief package
In addition to unemployment benefits and economic stimulus measures, the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill being voted on in the Senate this weekend has...
Forrest Dunbar is running for mayor against Must Read Alaska and Save Anchorage?
A fundraising letter to residents in the Geneva Woods neighborhood makes it sound like Democrat candidate Forrest Dunbar thinks his opponent in the mayor's...
Sen. Tom Begich introduces state income tax bill — SB 100
Sen. Tom Begich of Anchorage has introduced SB 100, a 5 percent state income tax. The tax would be based on the federal tax...
Video: Fields apologizes, Rasmussen chokes back tears, Ortiz stuffs envelopes
Rep. Zack Fields has apologized to Rep. Sarah Rasmussen for sexist comments he made about her body on the House Floor on her birthday....
Is this the year for independent travel in Southeast Alaska?
By WIN GRUENING
In my last column, I wrote about the prospects for any kind of a tourism recovery this year in Alaska.
The visitor industry,...
Serious accusations
By CRAIG MEDRED
The story behind the story of the presumed death of former Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium CEO Andy Teuber now in the news is...