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Yearly Archives: 2022

Day 42 of Legislature: House takes up resolution to ask Biden to ask Russia to end Alaska seafood embargo

Monday doesn't appear to be an unusually productive day in Alaska's Capitol. The Senate has a technical session planned for the day, which means...

Important business in the Alaska Legislature: Anchorage Democrat advances an ‘outdoor equity’ bill

Democrat Rep. Geran Tarr of Anchorage is getting a hearing on her "equity" legislation aimed at marketing and paying for the great outdoors experiences...

Republicans in two Valley districts vote to censure former Senate President Cathy Giessel for siding with Democrats

Republicans in the newly named Districts 29 and 30 in the Mat-Su Valley voted unanimously at their convention to censure former Sen. Cathy Giessel,...

Rep. Don Young says U.S. must seize all Russian-owned boats, and sell their assets with BOATS Act

In a bill reminiscent of events that occurred before World War II, Congressman Don Young is offering legislation that would have the United States...

Ukraine, Russia, and the war of misinformation

"The fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, turning down an offer from the United States to...

Daniel Smith: Time to choose both these military veterans — Mark Anthony Cox and Rachel Ries — for school board

By DANIEL SMITH With the upcoming election on the horizon, it time to make some choices. Two Anchorage School Board seats are up for election. Allow...

Assemblyman Felix Rivera says you can’t rely on data in municipality’s affirmative action plan because it’s wrong

During a presentation by the Anchorage Human Resources Department, the Anchorage Assembly heard good news about how the municipality is doing when it comes...

Rep. Kevin McCabe: We need a regional port authority to be ready for commerce, defense, and disaster

By REP. KEVIN MCCABE The Port of Alaska today serves three core functions: Commerce, national defense, and earthquake/disaster resiliency, response, and recovery. All three are...

Sharp-shooter Pat Pitney is president of University of Alaska

The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted to appoint Pat Pitney as the UA System’s 17th president, removing “interim” from her title on...

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