Monthly Archives: January, 2022
State Department urges Americans: Get out of Ukraine, Crimea
The U.S. State Department has issued advisories for Ukraine and Crimea due to the increasing likelihood that Russia will invade Ukraine.
State authorized the voluntary...
Keep on trucking? The U.S. and Canada vaccine mandates may slow Alaska’s freight
A pair of vaccine mandates for truckers in and out of Canada and the U.S. may worsen the supply chain problems in Alaska.
While...
UPenn transgender swimmer wins two more events at meet with Harvard women
Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who until 2019 was competing as a man, won two races at the University of Pennsylvania meet with Harvard...
Secret meetings by three Palmer City Council members has led to a recall petition, and question will now go to voters
The City Clerk of Palmer on Friday certified the signatures on a recall petition against three City Council members, who violated the Open Meetings...
Ken Koelsch: Stop over-collecting from Juneau taxpayers
By KEN KOELSCH
Inflation is at a 39-year high and the local price for lettuce is over $5 a head. How can the City and...
Republicans hold their district conventions
Republicans in Alaska are holding district conventions in the next few weeks leading up to the state convention in Fairbanks on April 21-23.
District meetings...
Assemblyman Constant creates public flap about a testifier’s floppy hand gesture
Erik Lambertsen was criticizing Assemblyman Chris Constant for having "hissy fits," when he made a floppy hand gesture that upset Constant all over again....
Redistricting trial starts with argument over Muldoon-Eagle River political annulment
Friday's Superior Court case involving Alaska's new political boundaries started with the Muldoon-Eagle River proposed divorce.
The trial is combining a number of challenges to...
Federal judge rules against Biden in shot mandate for federal employees
President Joe Biden's mandate for the workers in the federal government to be vaccinated against Covid was struck down by a Texas judge on...
Reps. Zack Fields, Bryce Edgmon, Dan Ortiz, and Sen. Gary Stevens endorse Murkowski
Today, a coalition of left-leaning state legislators announced their support for Senator Lisa Murkowski’s re-election.
In making their endorsements, Sen. Gary Stevens (R-Kodiak), House...