Bronson vetoes ordinance codifying a process for removing an Anchorage mayor
July 18 By Lora Manson Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has vetoed an ordinance recently approved by the city’s Assembly that puts into city code a process for removing a mayor for a “breach of the public trust.” The Assembly passed the ordinance last week, after…
Anxiety Grows Among Americans as Crisis After Crisis Spirals Out of Control
July 15 By Susan Milligan and Tim Smart For an American populace that has been hit with bad news after bad news, the inflation numbers reported this week were a particularly painful gut punch. Prices for goods are up 9.1% from a year ago –…
Anchorage Assembly approves measure codifying process to remove a mayor from office
July 13 By Emily Goodykoontz The Anchorage Assembly added to city code on Tuesday a process for removing a mayor from office for a “breach of the public trust.” It’s a move Mayor Dave Bronson has compared to a “coup” and that the Assembly had…
Biden Victory Lap on Gun Law Reveals Larger Political Problem
July 11 By Susan Milligan President Joe Biden Monday did exactly what Democratic operatives have been pleading with him to do for most of his presidency: have a big event at the White House, taking credit for passing a piece of legislation other presidents have…
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy temporarily replaces chief of staff
July 8 By James Brooks Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s chief of staff has been temporarily replaced due to family health issues, the governor’s deputy communications director said this week. Chief of Staff Randy Ruaro has been Dunleavy’s lead administrator since Ben Stevens left the governor’s administration…
Biden to Sign Executive Order Protecting Abortion Access
July 8 By Susan Milligan President Joe Biden, under intense pressure from his party’s rank and file to use the tools of his office to protect abortion rights, will sign an executive order Friday aimed at expanding access to medication abortions, protecting the privacy of…
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…