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Yearly Archives: 2021

Murkowski votes ‘guilty’ but Trump is acquitted

Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted "guilty," on the one charge in front of the U.S. Senate, which had assembled itself into a court and tried...

Murkowski and four GOP senators vote to call witnesses in Trump trial

Although many expected the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump would end today with a vote to acquit, this morning brought a surprise:...

Snapshot: Alaskans are surviving Covid far better than national average

Of the over 54,282 cases of Covid-19 that have been diagnosed in Alaskans, only one-half of a percent of them have died from the...

Biden starts ‘common sense’ campaign for gun control

ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET Heaven help us all. The Biden administration is beginning its drive for the “common sense” gun control he threatened during the election. The...

Group files as Recall Rivera

A group called "Recall Rivera" has launched and announced its existence with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, official filings show. It's an "independent expenditure"...

House Republicans align with Senate in request for 30-day disaster declaration

Members of the Alaska House Republicans sent a letter today to Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy offering support for a limited 30-Day Disaster Declaration.  Fifteen Republicans...

Technically disordered: No majority, no committees in the Alaska House

A handful of House members in session wasn't enough today. Newly minted Speaker Louise Stutes of Kodiak had to call a technical session just...

Alaskans own the Permanent Fund, and 50% of earnings lawfully belong to them

By JIM CRAWFORD Tim Bradner, an otherwise reasonable person, made a couple outrageous statements is his column printed in the Anchorage Daily News.   It caught my...

Breaking: Public Safety commissioner departs Dunleavy administration

Amanda Price, commissioner of Public Safety, was asked by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to resign, which she did today in writing. She sent notification to...

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