Trump set to lead Anchorage rally for Palin, Dunleavy and Tshibaka – and against Murkowski
July 7 By Iris Samuels Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at a rally in Anchorage on Saturday afternoon, making good on a promise made more than a year ago to campaign against Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. “I do not know where…
Biden Strategizes With Democratic Governors to Protect Abortion Rights
July 6 By Susan Milligan Hamstrung by narrow Democratic majorities in Congress, President Joe Biden Friday huddled virtually with Democratic governors to find ways to provide abortion access even as states move to ban or severely restrict the procedure. “We’re going to do everything in…
Supreme Court Standing Slips as Politics Creeps Onto the Bench
July 4 By Susan Milligan There’s something calculatingly reassuring about the matching black robes donned by members of the Supreme Court. The jurists may have come from different backgrounds and been appointed by presidents of different parties and ideologies. In more recent decades, the high…
Anchorage Assembly overrides Bronson veto of ordinance changing how youth representative is picked
July 1 By Sam Bails The Anchorage Assembly on Thursday overrode Mayor Dave Bronson’s veto of an ordinance that lets the Assembly make nominations and oversee a nomination process for the Assembly’s youth representative, rather than leaving nominations only to the Youth Advisory Commission. When…
Trump coming to Anchorage for rally supporting Palin, Tshibaka and Dunleavy
June 30 By Iris Samuels Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Anchorage on July 9 to campaign for U.S. House candidate Sarah Palin, U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka and Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is running for reelection, according to a statement from…
Dunleavy signs budget that will send Alaskans $3,200
June 29 By Iris Samuels Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a $14.4 billion budget Tuesday, vetoing $400 million from the spending plan advanced by the Legislature last month and promising that the plan would leave enough savings to account for a potential drop in oil…
Anchorage Mayor Bronson vetoes Assembly ordinance changing how youth member is picked
June 27 By Lora Smith Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has vetoed an Assembly ordinance that would allow the Assembly to make nominations and oversee a nomination process for the Assembly’s youth representative, rather than leaving nominations solely to the mayor-appointed Youth Advisory Commission. In a…
Murkowski calls bipartisan Senate bill on gun violence ‘targeted’ and responsible
June 24 By Robert Brown U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Thursday described as responsible and “targeted” a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing gun violence. The Republican said the measure represents compromise. “No, I don’t think that you just say, ‘Alright, we pass this…
Biden Gets Tough Over Gas Prices
June 23 By Susan Milligan With Americans complaining about high gas prices, President Joe Biden went on the offensive Wednesday, shaming oil companies, calling out Republicans for claiming production has been thwarted by the administration, and casting the crisis as a test of American patriotism…
Biden: Keep Politics Out of Coronavirus Vaccines for Children
June 22 By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Americans to keep politics away from getting children under 5 coronavirus shots after his administration and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had a falling out over the White House vaccine campaign. “Let’s be clear: Elected…