Monthly Archives: June, 2021
Bronson kickoff party draws 150 to La Mex
Over 150 people attended the volunteers-and-friends party to kick off the inauguration season for Anchorage Mayor-elect Dave Bronson. The event took place Monday evening...
Trump says again he will campaign against Murkowski; Tshibaka goes on Hannity with Lara Trump
In a statement on Monday, former President Donald Trump said that he will be in Alaska to campaign against Sen. Lisa Murkowski in 2022....
Will Senate Finance co-chairs ‘pocket veto’ the PFD constitutional amendment?
With only 10 days left in the legislative special session, the Senate Finance Committee has yet to hear SJR 6, the governor's request that...
Ronald Reagan’s D-Day speech
By THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
On June 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan spoke at the dedication of the U.S. Ranger Monument at Pointe du Hoc,...
Blind spot: Who is influencing the people who write the news in Alaska? There’s an app for checking the news echo chamber
A new tool by the website Ground.News reveals how people with Twitter accounts are interacting with news sources, and who is influencing them on...
Chris Nyman: Inflation, national debt, suspending the dividend
By CHRIS NYMAN
As I reflect on our situation post-pandemic and wonder “what the heck just happened? Was it worth all this suffering to defeat...
Sand moves fast through hourglass as Legislature high centers on budget, PFD
The Alaska Legislature is into the autumn of its 30-day special session and there seems to be little movement on the big pieces of...
Gov. Mike Dunleavy: If we’re going to save the dividend, it will have to be this year
By GOV. MIKE DUNLEAVY
Support for protecting the Permanent Fund dividend in the Alaska Constitution has reached unprecedented levels. Nearly 100 Alaskans called into the...
Voting right denied to Anchorage man because ‘signature didn’t match’
For one Anchorage super voter, his vote for mayor in the recent mail-in runoff election wasn't counted, even though he went to great lengths...
Murkowski to vote no on controversial bill that could lead to more election fraud
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is reported to be a "hard no" for a radical overhaul of U.S. election law, known as the For the...