Monthly Archives: April, 2021
Breaking: Sen. Reinbold bounced from Judiciary chair
Senate Committee on Committees changed out the chair of Senate Judiciary today, taking it away from Sen. Lora Reinbold and putting in place Sen....
4-20: Alaska Troopers to watch for high drivers on annual cannabis celebration day
If you partake in pot, don't drive on Tuesday, because Alaska State Troopers will have an increased presence on the roadways on April 20,...
Supreme Court today: Are Alaska Native Corps entitled to CARES funds?
The case before the U.S. Supreme Court today involves dollars -- potentially billions of them in the future: Can Alaska Native Corporations get at...
Alaska Native Vietnam vets get burned as Interior Secretary Haaland puts two-year stay on their land allotments in Alaska
At first it was just a temporary stay of three months. Now, the Interior Department announced it will impose a two-year stay on implementation...
Mainstream narrative miss? Pro-Trump Republicans raised campaign cash, while anti-Trump Murkowski saw big drop
The Hill, a mainstream news site in Washington, D.C. that has a politically left bias, came to the conclusion over the weekend that Republicans...
Glen Biegel: Five Covid promises Dave Bronson must make to be mayor of Anchorage
By GLEN BIEGEL
Let’s think about the coalition who seek new leadership and an end to the Anchorage mayor’s and Assembly’s dictatorial powers.
You might...
Hats off to Mr. Simmons
By ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
It is not often we can add a hero to our pantheon of heroes who, with humor and grace, have tweaked...
Pebbled: The secret history of ANWR and the human hand that shaped it
By MARK HAMILTON
(Editor’s note: This is the third in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.)
Very few...
Ballot Measure 2 strikes Dunbar campaign, forced to admit its dark money is from Outside Alaska
New campaign finance laws known as Ballot Measure 2, passed by voters in November, are beginning to sting the Forrest Dunbar campaign.
In the current...
Final: Bronson – 24,491, Dunbar -22,975
The final election tally from the Anchorage Clerk's Office was posted Friday, and Dave Bronson is still two percentage points ahead of Forrest Dunbar...