Yearly Archives: 2021
Jamie Allard: Long live the Class of 2021. Long live freedom
By JAMIE ALLARD
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must...
Win Gruening: How the Juneau cruise ballot initiative process went so wrong
By WIN GRUENING
Most people probably didn’t notice the correction to a Juneau Empire opinion piece by cruise initiative sponsor Sue Schrader that was published...
Ann Brown takes over as AK-GOP chair
Glenn Clary announced his resignation from the Alaska Republican Party earlier this year, and on May 15, 2021 he became immediate past chairman, as...
Hot mic: Assemblyman Chris Constant says ‘I just didn’t want to give Jamie the power’ in mask mandate removal maneuver
The Anchorage Assembly on Friday buckled to pressure, but in the end, they showed their political hand.
Dr. Fauci, the White House, Congress, the Department...
Breaking: Bronson extends lead to 1,116 votes over Dunbar
Dave Bronson grew a sizable lead over Forrest Dunbar in the latest vote count released by the Anchorage Election Office. Some 6,052 votes were...
Alaska joins 12 states in opting out of unemployment premium payments
At the KFC/AW shop in Fairbanks, the sign reads, "Bi Weekly Stimulus Check - Apply Within." It's a statement about how hard it is...
What? Election workers haul blank ballots into Anchorage ballot counting offices
In what may be seen as an act of transparency or sheer cluelessness, election workers unloaded 50 boxes of blank ballots at the Anchorage...
Democrat pollster Ivan Moore says Bronson stole election, suggests it’s time for city hall vandalism
Ivan Moore, principal at Alaska Survey Research, posted on Facebook Thursday that candidate Dave Bronson stole the election in the Anchorage mayor's race.
"Well Bronson...
Micciche: No masks in Senate
Alaska Senate President Peter Micciche said today that he is lifting the mask mandate in the Alaska Senate; when senators are at their desks...
Peace Officers Memorial Day ceremony
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed Saturday, May 15, as Peace Officers Memorial Day.
On Friday, May 14, law enforcement officers from across Southcentral Alaska, will gather...