Monthly Archives: July, 2021

State of Alaska will pay for genital mutilation due to recent Medicaid settlement

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The State of Alaska has settled with a trio of people with gender dysphoria who are Medicaid clients and who demanded the government pay...

State Department will allow an ‘X’ gender designation on passports

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The U.S. State Department announced today that it will work toward adding an "X" gender designation for those people who say they are "non-binary,...

Craig Campbell resigns from Alaska Railroad board of directors

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The chief of staff to Mayor Dave Bronson said today that he has resigned from the board of the Alaska Railroad. Craig Campbell was...

Mayor Bronson declares Anchorage a Second Amendment sanctuary city

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Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson today said he will ask the Anchorage Assembly for $15 million to pay for a transition center, where homeless people...

Governor pans the nominees for Supreme Court justices, wants new names

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy today asked the Alaska Judicial Council to reconsider their nominations to the Alaska Supreme Court. He said the choices given...

It’s official: Mayor Dave Bronson takes oath of office, begins day of inaugural events

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Mayor Dave Bronson was made official Thursday morning, with a brief swearing in ceremony at a conference room in the Marriott Hotel. The event...

The plea deal of Ashley Johnson-Barr’s murderer also requires something from our society to consider: The signs were there

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By MICHAEL DUXBURY When the plea deal announced, I awoke at 3:30 am to get ready for work and saw the news: Ashley Johnson-Barr's murderer pleaded...

Unanimous again: District 14 Republicans endorse Kelly Tshibaka for U.S. Senate

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Following on the heels of District 15's announcement Tuesday, District 14 Republicans on Wednesday endorsed Kelly Tshibaka for U.S. Senate. It appears to be a...

Gwen Berry went ‘big,’ and how it’s time for her to go home

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By SUZANNE DOWNING Gwen Berry, a talented hammer thrower, stood on the medals stand and showed the world just how flawed our nation is. And...

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Justice’s health care fraud takedown nets 324 in $14.6 billion crackdown — the largest in history

Gas tax in Washington state goes up — again

Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’