Monthly Archives: March, 2021
Passing: Sen. John Sackett
He served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1967-1970 and the Senate from 1973-1986.
A graduate of Sheldon Jackson High School, he was the...
Passing: Rep. Pat Carney
Pat Carney, who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1979-1982 and again from 1991-1994, has passed. Alaska State flags will fly at...
Anchorage eases up a bit, but masks still required as new capacity limits established
Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson today has a new, more liberal emergency order to follow: Masks are still required in public, and some restaurant capacity...
Murkowski votes yes on radical Haaland for Interior
In spite of a record of radicalism, Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico advanced out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and...
George Floyd defund police law: National standards for police actions pass House
Legislation that would ban chokeholds, eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement, and a host of other police reforms, passed the U.S. House on Wednesday,...
Dan Fagan: Alaska could stand to upgrade Senate seat in 2022 with Kelly Tshibaka
By DAN FAGAN
I remember the first time I met Sen. Dan Sullivan. He walked into my studio at KFQD and instantly I knew he...
District 14 votes to recall Rep. Kelly Merrick
District 14 Republicans officers met in Eagle River on Wednesday and voted unanimously to work to recall Rep. Kelly Merrick.
The grounds will be that...
Family of Andy Teuber issues statement on his passing
From the family of Andy Teuber, for immediate release:
Andy Teuber was a talented, energetic, successful, and proud Alaskan. We knew him as all of...
House drama: Is it OK to get crass about women’s bodies on the House floor?
The Alaska House of Representatives disintegrated into chaos today after Rep. Sarah Vance of Homer asked the body to approve a "Sense of the...
‘He said, she said’: Was this a case of journalistic murder?
WOMAN'S COMPLETE ALLEGATION, AND RESPONSE FROM ANDY TEUBER
(Update: The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for Andy Teuber's helicopter.)
You cannot libel the...