Yearly Archives: 2021
Class action: United Airlines sued in Texas court
Six United Airlines employees this week filed a federal lawsuit in Texas that claims the airlines is discriminating against employees who ask for a...
Muni manager addresses Assembly espionage by shutting down backchannel requests from rogue members
After Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar was caught trying to get to draft budget documents from the various Anchorage municipal department heads, circumventing the Municipal Manager,...
Smoking gun: Docs show Municipal Clerk spying, passing mayor’s confidential information to Assembly leadership
In a series of communications accessed through a public records request with the Municipality, it appears that Anchorage Assembly Vice Chair Chris Constant has...
Kelly Tshibaka scores Durling, Hyde, leading business owners, as campaign co-chairs
Kevin Durling and Ron Hyde, two longtime Alaska business entrepreneurs, joined the Kelly Tshibaka for Senate campaign as co-chairs, the campaign announced today.
Anchorage resident...
Alexander Dolitsky: The case of the ‘delicious salad,’ and the keys to cross-cultural communication
By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY
Cross–cultural communication requires a knowledge of how culturally different people groups communicate with each other.
Studying other languages helps us understand what people...
Breaking: 44 more Covid deaths reported in Alaska, but some are backlog cases
Forty-four more deaths were reported on the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services ECHO meeting today and on the state data dashboard. The...
Jab or job II: Pharmacist with auto-immune disease says her medical exemption was overridden by Anchorage hospital
This is the second in a series of stories from Alaska medical professionals who are losing their jobs because they will not take the...
Compensation, benefits commission meets to review pay for legislators, governor
State Officers Compensation Commission will hold a meeting on Sept. 29, 2021, at 9 a.m. at the Atwood Building, 550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 1960,...
War and Peace: Fake commenters flooding federal comment systems on proposed regs
The Government Accountability Office released a review of online government commenting systems, which shows rampant use of stolen identities by those posting comments on proposed...
Iditarod rules: Mushers, volunteers, staff, contractors, pilots and vets must be vaccinated for 50th anniversary race
As the Iditarod Sled Dog Races prepares to return to the traditional Northern Route and Nome finish in March of 2022, the Iditarod Board of Directors...