Yearly Archives: 2021
Jamie Allard: Memorial Day – Bearing witness to the sacrifice of fallen warriors
By JAMIE ALLARD
It is our most solemn day of the year: Memorial Day, a time to remember those who died while in active military...
Kamala Harris says ‘Enjoy the long weekend, while Joe Biden says ‘Stay cool’
By SUZANNE DOWNING
America's own vice president missed the point of Memorial Day weekend by a mile when she tweeted on Saturday, "Enjoy the long...
Biden budget supports federally funded abortion by ignoring Hyde Amendment
President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion spending proposal did not include any acknowledgement of the Hyde Amendment, which since the 1976 has kept elective abortions...
Recall Dunleavy data breach: Names, signatures, drivers license info revealed from petitions being mishandled
The Recall Dunleavy Committee has released names, drivers' license numbers and signatures of some of their petition sponsors.
The committee, in an email to...
No, state pink slips will not go out June 1
The Alaska Legislature is not going to finish its work on the State of Alaska budgets before the end of the month, and without...
Anchorage muni clerk insults election observers as Washington Post picks up the story and blames Bronson volunteers
For Anchorage election workers, this month’s mayoral runoff was like no other, according to the Washington Post.
That much is true, but not informative:...
Breaking: Permanent Fund hits $80 billion
The Alaska Permanent Fund hit $80 billion today, double what it was 10 years ago.
On Feb. 28, 1977, the Permanent Fund received its first...
Jan. 6 commission fails in Senate
Democrats were unable to get the votes needed to set up a special commission to investigate the Jan. 6 surge into the U.S. Capitol...
Passing: Al Kookesh, Southeast Tlingit elder
JUNEAU - Former State Sen. Albert Matthew Kookesh, Jr. has passed after a long illness.
Born in Nov. 24, 1948 in Juneau, he attended Angoon...
Rick Whitbeck: Biden telling America’s Miners they matter less than Canadians, Australians
By RICK WHITBECK
You’d think the Covid-19’s supply chain issues might have been a wake-up call to America. You remember it, right? Shortages of hand sanitizer. ...