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Yearly Archives: 2021

Former Legislative Finance director Teal named co-chair of Walker campaign, but Knowles, Fischer endorse Gara for governor

David Teal, who was the director of the Legislative Finance Division until 2019, has signed on to support the campaign of former Gov. Bill...

Bob Maier: Chugach Electric, now owning ML&P, is in trouble with revenue shortfall

By BOB MAIER That did not take long: 253 days after closing the sale for the purchase of Municipal Light and Power by...

Win Gruening: Vote-by-mail voter’s remorse, buyer’s remorse, or perhaps both

By WIN GRUENING A curious thing happened leading up to the recent Juneau vote-by-mail municipal election. City Clerk Beth McEwen reported that many people who mailed in...

Theater of the absurd: Man creates new religion, invites all of Anchorage to join to stay exempt from Assembly mask ordinance

Immediately after the Anchorage Assembly voted to override the mayor's veto of the Assembly's mask ordinance, a man stepped to the podium to address...

Jamie Allard: This emergency ordinance is a gross abuse of Assembly authority

By ANCHORAGE ASSEMBLYWOMAN JAMIE ALLARD I oppose Anchorage Emergency Ordinance 3, the mask ordinance. It is a gross overreach of this Assembly not only into...

Alaska’s Covid daily positivity drops: 964

The latest count of positive Covid cases has dropped back to 964 after one day when it popped over 1,200 in Alaska. 421 of...

That time when Assemblywomen Austin Quinn-Davidson and Meg Zaletel said only the mayor could enact a mask mandate…

Assemblywoman Austin Quinn-Davidson hasn't shown up in the Assembly chamber for months. She has participated by phone in the proceedings, and has stated that...

Jab or no job XIII: Anchorage woman questions why local hospitals, with nearly two years to prepare, are doing so poorly

This is the 13th in a series of stories of people being fired from their jobs because they have declined to take the required...

Details of the Anchorage mask law: To whom and when does it apply? Know the law

The Anchorage mask law will go into effect if and when the Anchorage Assembly votes to override the veto of Mayor Dave Bronson. This...

Could be crowded: Leftists to occupy Assembly chambers, as mayor also invites people to watch Assembly override his veto

Mayor Dave Bronson encouraged people to attend the 5 pm Thursday meeting of the Anchorage Assembly to witness the Assembly override his veto of...

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