Yearly Archives: 2021
Dance with the devil? Critics pan the infrastructure package ‘Biden poison pill’
The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal picked apart the infrastructure bill that was forged by the Gang of 10 from the Senate...
The Mental Health Budget, agreed on nearly unanimously, remains locked in Legislature as time runs out on July 1 shutdown
A large portion of Alaska's Operating Budget is the Mental Health Budget, which is passed separately and sailed without controversy through Conference Committee this...
Mark Hamilton: The history of hysteria
By MARK HAMILTON
(Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.)
I could...
2022 elections: Another Kenai Republican women’s club votes unanimously to support Kelly Tshibaka for U.S. Senate
The board of the Kenai Peninsula Republican Women’s Club has voted unanimously on Thursday to endorse Kelly Tshibaka for U.S. Senate and to request...
Biden and bipartisan senators forge $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal
President Joe Biden and the "Gang of 10" U.S. senators announced they had come to an agreement on an infrastructure spending package.
With the support...
District 21 Republicans endorse Kelly Tshibaka for U.S. Senate
Anchorage District 21 Republicans endorsed Kelly Tshibaka for U.S. Senate at its meeting on Wednesday. It was the first in-person meeting of the year.
Tshibaka...
Rep. Geran Tarr lays bare the bullying tactics used by Democrats through their surrogates Rep. Fields and leg-wrestling party blogger
Rep. Geran Tarr took to social media on Wednesday to describe to her friends and constituents the bullying tactics used by members of her...
Many state jobs will continue during the Stutes State Shutdown on July 1
The State Division of Personnel released a list on Wednesday afternoon of numerous state functions that will not stop even during a government shutdown...
Assembly transparency? Not so much. Congratulating Berkowitz was slipped into the order of business, without notice
The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution thanking former Police Chief Justin Doll. They passed another one thanking former Fire Chief Jodie Hettrick....
AIDEA approves $1.5 million for seismic at its leases in ANWR
Although drilling and exploring in the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge still seems like a far-off prospect, the Alaska Industrial Development...