Monthly Archives: November, 2021
Temporary hold: Federal judges block Biden vaccine mandate for employers
A three-judge panel of the New Orleans Fifth District court of Appeals has granted an emergency stay, stopping the Biden Administration in its tracks...
Congressman Don Young votes with 12 other Republicans for the infrastructure bill
Congressman Don Young voted in favor of the Democrats' massive $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which passed the House in late-night voting on Friday.
In a...
Redistricting: New political boundary map renumbers many districts
The Alaska Redistricting Board was able to agree by consensus on most of the political boundaries from Barrow to Hyder.
But when it came to...
Mayor’s second library director resigns
Judy Eledge saw the writing on the wall with the Anchorage Assembly and evidently didn't want to put herself and her family through the...
Dunleavy: ‘President is not king’ in overreach vax-mandate statement
“The Biden Administration’s OSHA rule was a longtime coming and we have been preparing for months now in anticipation,” said Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday,...
Liberal Anchorage Assembly finds it tough to accept mayor’s board appointees
A special meeting of the Anchorage Assembly on Thursday revealed a legislative body having a lot of trouble with the fact that it does...
Mayor Charlie Pierce: Alaskans are losing faith in election process. It’s time to act.
By KENAI BOROUGH MAYOR CHARLIE PIERCE
Open Letter to Elected State Senators, State House and Lt. Governor:
People are losing trust in the election processes and...
Alaska joins 10 states in suing over controversial Biden vaccine mandate for private sector companies
Alaska and 10 other Republican-run states filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Biden Administration's mandate for Covid-19 vaccinations at companies with more than...
Art Chance: A brave new Alaska of Permanent Fund and trust fund babies
By ART CHANCE
Unless President Joe Biden adds crashing the stock markets to his astounding list of failures, sometime in the next months the Alaska...
Ben Carpenter: Biden mandate defies logic and our moral obligations
By REP. BEN CARPENTER
The president of the United States, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) arm of the federal government, has declared that employers...