Monthly Archives: January, 2022

New York City’s mayor piles on Sarah Palin for dining outside while Covid positive

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Leave it to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to mix it up with New York City's Covid cops. In addition to the sitting judge in...

Shocking: Reading scores in Anchorage dropped between fall and winter of 2021

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR - January 28, 2022 34

By DAVID BOYLE Anchorage School District leaders presented an update on reading proficiency in grades K-2. The results are disappointing and unsettling. In summary, reading proficiency...

Last day to file for Anchorage elected office

Suzanne Downing - January 27, 2022 3

The final day to file for an elected position in Anchorage is Friday, Jan. 28, at 5 pm. While some people have filed a...

Legislative committee to spend $100,000 to investigate why Permanent Fund Corp president was removed by board

Suzanne Downing - January 27, 2022 40

The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee emerged from an executive session on Thursday to vote to approve spending $100,000 on a legal team and...

Legislature rejects salary commission’s recommendation on legislators’ per diem and salary

Suzanne Downing - January 27, 2022 18

On Day 10 of the 2022 legislative session, the Alaska House of Representatives voted unanimously to oppose a plan by the State Officers Compensation...

11 senators call for investigation of collusion by teachers union, Biden’s DOJ and DOE, against parents opposed to Critical Race Theory

Suzanne Downing - January 27, 2022 13

The Biden administration and the nation’s largest teachers’ union appeared to have colluded to target parents who questioned radical school policies, according to two...

Who’s who: Legislative staff list updated

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As it does each year, the Legislative Affairs Agency has updated the staff contact list for legislators for the 2022 session. Today is the...

Alaska North Slope crude tops $90 a barrel, and Alaskans wonder if they can now have their Permanent Fund dividends

Suzanne Downing - January 27, 2022 17

For the first time since the price crash of 2014, oil from Alaska's North Slope is selling for more than $90 a barrel. Today's...

Biden will make race and gender identity a top priority as he replaces Justice Breyer; Kamala Harris to advise him on the pick

Suzanne Downing - January 27, 2022 41

President Joe BIden said today that he will choose a black woman to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, when Breyer retires...

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Let my people go: Final American hostage to be released by Hamas on Monday, Trump says

US talks with China make fast progress

Poll: Most Americans think political civility has declined, that violence will increase