Yearly Archives: 2021
Is the federal government now pushing for ‘new normal’ of masks? New CDC video, academic literature points to permanency
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the quiet part out loud last week: Masks are here to stay. The...
Jesse Sumner, Stephen Wright file letters of intent for open seat in Wasilla
With the House district maps all but set for the Mat-Su Valley, there is an open seat, and Mat-Su Borough Assemblyman Jesse Sumner and...
Alexander Dolitsky: American leftism is the picture of true hypocrisy
By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY
When I arrived to the United States on February of 1978 as a political refugee from a socialist country, I never thought...
Latest daily Covid count: 860 in Alaska, as strain on hospitals eases
Testing positive for Covid-19 in Alaska on Thursday were another 860 Alaskans. The number of Alaskans testing positive for Covid has trended lower for...
Temporary hold: Federal judges block Biden vaccine mandate for employers
A three-judge panel of the New Orleans Fifth District court of Appeals has granted an emergency stay, stopping the Biden Administration in its tracks...
Congressman Don Young votes with 12 other Republicans for the infrastructure bill
Congressman Don Young voted in favor of the Democrats' massive $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which passed the House in late-night voting on Friday.
In a...
Redistricting: New political boundary map renumbers many districts
The Alaska Redistricting Board was able to agree by consensus on most of the political boundaries from Barrow to Hyder.
But when it came to...
Mayor’s second library director resigns
Judy Eledge saw the writing on the wall with the Anchorage Assembly and evidently didn't want to put herself and her family through the...
Dunleavy: ‘President is not king’ in overreach vax-mandate statement
“The Biden Administration’s OSHA rule was a longtime coming and we have been preparing for months now in anticipation,” said Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday,...
Liberal Anchorage Assembly finds it tough to accept mayor’s board appointees
A special meeting of the Anchorage Assembly on Thursday revealed a legislative body having a lot of trouble with the fact that it does...