July 25 By Riley Rogerson U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski would not say whether she supports a House bill passed Thursday that would codify the right to contraception, saying she is working on different legislation to safeguard the right. An effort to preserve women’s access to…

July 22 By Becky Bohrer Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is expected next week to sign legislation to formally recognize tribes in the state. The Alaska Federation of Natives announced the bill signing would take place Thursday. Shannon Mason, a Dunleavy spokesperson, confirmed the timing. The…

July 20 By Susan Milligan President Joe Biden didn’t mention the “Other Joe” by name when the higher-ranking Democrat announced plans Wednesday to take unilateral action to deal with climate change. But the underlying message was clear: Biden has had enough of Sen. Joe Manchin…

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…

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 –…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…