Yearly Archives: 2021
Jab or no job: Southcentral Foundation, after firing unvaccinated employees, is giving bonuses for referrals for replacements
This is the 16th in a series of stories of people being fired from their jobs because they have declined to take the required...
Jim Crawford: Legislature is hiding money and then asking for more
By JIM CRAWFORD
The fourth Special Session of the Legislature sputters on. There are no discussions of the new facts, only repetitions of the hardened positions...
Alaska Railroad announces vaccine mandate deadline is Dec. 8
The Alaska Railroad, a State-owned corporation, has given all employees a mandate to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 8, or be terminated. Many workers...
Alexander Dolitsky: Smuggled typewriters and the parallels between Soviet socialist regime and America in 2021
By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY
Many of my friends during my upbringing in the former Soviet Union were students from various academic institutes, striving for knowledge, wisdom,...
Bethel city attorney posts social media pic of senator’s head on a vibrator?
Libby Bakalar, the city attorney for Bethel, appeared to have posted on social media a graphic of Sen. Lora Reinbold's head on a vibrator....
Alaska Democrats continue to groom Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson to take on Murkowski
The Alaska Democrats have been flirting with the idea for months, but with special session after special session of the Legislature, they haven't been...
Sen. Dan Sullivan tells employers to not fire workers who won’t take C-shot until legal challenges are decided
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan sent a letter to President Joe Biden last week, taking the Administration to task over the Covid-19 vaccine mandates that he...
IBEW 1547 says it will bargain any Covid vaccine mandate applying to members
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1547 says it's aware that some employers are going to demand its members be vaccinated for Covid-19,...
Did hospital weaponize medical information about Covid patient in email leak to blogger?
Medical information about a patient under the care of Providence Alaska Medical Center was released to an Anchorage blogger, with the apparent intention of...
National School Board Association apologizes for treating parent protesters as terrorists in last month’s letter to Biden
The National School Board Association's board of directors has apologized for a letter it sent to President Joe Biden on Sept. 29, which called...