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Yearly Archives: 2022

Tuckerman Babcock: The Scott Kendall Ballot Measure 2 election nightmare — special election edition

By TUCKERMAN BABCOCK Scott Kendall, former 2016 campaign legal counsel for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and later chief of staff to former Gov. Bill Walker,...

Canada’s Covid test requirement lifts April 1, but random mandatory test will replace it, and vaccines still required

The current requirement to provide a negative Covid-19 test when crossing into Canada at a Canadian border ends April 1, the Canada Minister of...

Alexander Dolitsky: If walls could talk — remembrances of our red-brick house in Kiev, Ukraine

By ALEXANDER DOLISTSKY Vladimir Lenin characterized the New Economic Policy in 1922 as an economic system that would include “a free market and capitalism, both...

Biden issues statement on Congressman Don Young

On Sunday, March 20, the White House released a statement from President Joe Biden in regards to the death of Congressman Don Young, who...

Perfect storm: Elections Division is in a tight spot with Ballot Measure 2, staff shortage, and national paper deficit

With a special election that by law must be held within 60-90 days of the passing of Congressman Don Young, the Alaska Division of...

Don Young’s remains flown to Washington, D.C.

On a flight from Seattle this morning, Alaska's lone congressman made his final trip to the U.S. Capitol. A regularly scheduled Alaska Airlines jet...

Notes from Homer: Packed with Republicans, endorsing Begich, learning about ranked choice voting, getting ready for state convention

By CASSIE LAWVER With 102 Republicans in attendance, District 6 Convention -- Homer, Alaska -- was a picture of momentum for Republicans as they ready...

Sitka’s Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tompkins to quit after a decade of service in Legislature

Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, a Democrat from Sitka, announced on Friday that he would not be running for reelection. "I love Alaska and it's been...

Nick Begich wins two big endorsements for Congress on Saturday in Homer and Kenai

Just one day after the passing of Congressman Don Young, the leading Republican in the Alaska race for U.S. House of Representatives, Nick Begich,...

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