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Yearly Archives: 2021

Head of RPEA resigns with scorching letter

The head of the Retired Public Employees of Alaska announced her retirement, effective Aug. 1, with a letter criticizing several members of the executive...

Will Interior Secretary Haaland see more than ducks and eel grass at King Cove?

ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is slated to visit with residents of King Cove during a visit to Alaska in September. During her...

Anchorage’s deep state: New equity officer can’t be let go without OK from Assembly

CRITICAL RACE THEORY AT CITY HALL The new Anchorage chief equity officer, who makes $115,000 per year, was hired in the final days of Acting...

Vice President Pence slips quietly in and out of Alaska to support wounded warriors

Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen slipped quietly into the Lake Clark area over the past few days to visit with...

Win Gruening: Alaskans are finally getting back to work

By WIN GRUENING Thanks to supplemental Federal unemployment benefits ending last month, Alaska workers, like those in many other states are finally getting back to...

Wasilla City Council to vote on whether to oppose Mat-Su Borough proposed sales tax

The Wasilla City Council will on July 29 take up a resolution that opposes a proposed Matanuska-Susitna Borough ordinance that would place a 1.5...

Democrats advance legislation requiring women to sign up for military draft

The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved language in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act that would require women to register for the military...

Just in time for special session, Juneau starts up mask mandates, crowd limits again

Starting Friday, the City and Borough of Juneau is reinstating 50 percent capacity limits at bars and gymnasiums. Indoor gatherings are once again...

Eco-terrorist Bureau of Land Management nominee gets through key committee vote

Radical eco-leftist Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to run the Bureau of Land Management split the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, with a 10-10 vote...

PFD stalled out? Legislative working group will meet every day until special session, with some public testimony scheduled

The legislative working group tasked with presenting a long-term solution to the state's fiscal imbalance has met a few times, but has little to...

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