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Yearly Archives: 2021

Conference Committee sets PFD check at either $525 or $1,100, as dividend becomes a bargaining chip for budget

The Alaska Legislature's Conference Committee unveiled the Permanent Fund dividend for this year: It will be either $525, or $1,100, depending on whether the...

Mark Hamilton: Build your media filter based on science, not narrative

By MARK HAMILTON (Editor’s note: This is the eighth in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.) We are...

Coast Guard, CDC: We’ll change the mask rule, but for now won’t enforce masks on fishing boats, commercial vessels, ferries

The Centers for Disease Control and U.S. Coast Guard, reversing their position from less than a month ago, said the federal agencies will no...

Gov. Inslee letter to Blinken, Mayorkas: Reopen border, use of vaccine passport

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee sent a letter this month to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, requesting immediate full...

Biden not improving with time

You go into the woods for a few days and when you come back you learn the Biden administration is no brighter than when...

Naked power grab: Biden to rewrite ‘waters’ rule; will affect Alaska above all other states

The Biden administration plans to reverse yet another Trump environmental policy. Biden's Environmental Protection Agency will once again redefine the Waters of the United...

Nielsen: Tucker Carlson dominates cable news shows

According to Nielsen, the Tucker Carlson Tonight show was the top cable news show in total viewers in May, with an average of 2.94 million,...

Dan Fagan: Is Lisa Murkowski pulling Dan Sullivan to the left?

By DAN FAGAN It stung recently when Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan announced his endorsement of his Senate colleague Lisa Murkowski if she chooses to run...

Warrior braids: Air Force issues new, updated regs for women’s hair styles

The U.S. Air Force on Friday officially updated its rules about how women in the service branch can wear their hair. As of June...

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