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Yearly Archives: 2021

Rep. David Eastman: I was chief-of-police of the American military base in downtown Kabul. This is what I saw

By DAVID EASTMAN On my first flight to Afghanistan I came by way of Kyrgyzstan. By chance, we were on site the day the Government of Kyrgyzstan...

Assembly overrides mayor’s first veto

As expected, the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday voted to override Mayor Dave Bronson's first veto of his term in office. The veto and subsequent...

House narrowly defeats Rep. Eastman’s effort to end vaccine discrimination in employment in Alaska

The House voted down an amendment to House Bill 3003 offered by Rep. David Eastman that would have inserted intent language that would prohibit...

Sullivan demands answers from Biden on why 200 Americans are ‘forsaken’ by him

Sen. Dan Sullivan, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and...

Association of Alaska School Boards: ‘No Covid vax, no attending events’

The Association of Alaska School Boards has a new vaccine passport policy for its upcoming events, academics, and conferences: If school board members don't...

Mayor Bronson rescinds two workplace policies that were 11th-hour moves from last administration

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson today rescinded two workplace policies hastily established by the previous administration of temporary Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson: Paid Parental Leave and...

Calls, texts flood veterans’ crisis line

The primary crisis hotline for veterans experienced a 98 percent increase in the number of texts that it received during the last two weeks...

The check will bounce: Alaska House passes $1,100 dividend with money that isn’t there

The bill to fund the Permanent Fund dividend may have the governor's name on it, but it's not his bill anymore. HB3003 pays Alaskans...

Rep. Liz Snyder was in favor of statutory PFD, until she wasn’t, and voted against it

Rep. Liz Snyder, who ran for office and spent $750,000 to win House District 27 away from former Rep. Lance Pruitt, ran on a...

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