Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy accepts Trump’s conditional endorsement that targeted Murkowski
December 27 By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Republicans in Alaska are giving each other the cold shoulder. Gov. Mike Dunleavy of Alaska accepted former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, which came with the stipulation that he does not endorse Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The Alaskan senator has…
French outcry over academic in Grenoble Islamophobia row
December 24 By Ricko Stan Dozens of French academics have warned that freedom of expression is at risk after a German professor was suspended over a row with politics students. Klaus Kinzler has been locked in dispute for months over accusations of Islamophobia at Sciences…
LA-area loses US House seat in new California political maps
December 21 By Kathleen Ronayne New California congressional maps finalized Monday leave the Los Angeles area with one fewer U.S. House seat and set up a handful of highly competitive races for next year’s midterm elections. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission was tasked with drawing…
Senate Confirms Big Slate of Biden Ambassadors to End 2021
December 18 By Kevin Freking The Senate confirmed more than 30 ambassadors and other Biden administration nominees early Saturday after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to schedule a vote on sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will deliver natural gas…
Gov. Dunleavy proposes initiative to boost rural Alaska law enforcement and strengthen penalties for domestic violence and sexual assault
December 17 By Alex DeMarban Facing chronically high rates of domestic violence and sexual assault in Alaska, and criticism about a lack of law enforcement in rural areas, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a broad initiative on Tuesday to improve public safety in the state. The…
Email complaints scarce before Alaska ballot review on ranked choice voting
December 15 By Becky Bohrer Alaska Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer last year said the issue his office seemed to be getting the most email on after the 2020 election was the narrow success of a ballot measure that would overhaul Alaska’s election process. His chief…
Biden’s needs to focus on reforming U.S. political system
December 13 By Lora Smith A report from the University of Cambridge which covered 154 countries and combined more than 25 data sources, 3,500 country surveys and four million respondents between 1973 and 2020, wreaked blunt force trauma to advanced economies that championed democracy as…
Alaska Permanent Fund board removes executive director Angela Rodell
December 11 By James Brooks Without explanation, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s board of trustees abruptly removed executive director Angela Rodell on Thursday despite record-breaking performance by the fund over the past year. The fund provides most of the revenue for Alaska’s services, and state…
US tightens curbs as Cambodia moves closer into China’s embrace
December 10 By Andrew Nachemson The United States has announced new restrictions on Cambodia, including an arms embargo, citing the “growing influence” of the Chinese military, as well as corruption and human rights abuses. The State Department imposed an arms embargo while the Commerce Department…
Report Says Russian Hackers Haven’t Eased Spying Efforts
December 6 By Eric Tucker The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign hardly eased up this year, managing plenty of infiltrations of U.S. and allied government agencies and foreign policy think tanks with consummate craft and stealth, a leading cybersecurity…