Campaign volunteer: Here’s why Anchorage is full of ‘woke progressives’
The candidate I supported in the Anchorage election – the candidate for whom I volunteered and for whom I voted, Stephanie Taylor, is behind to incumbent Anchorage Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar as I write this. A similar story is playing out in other
Chickaloon tribal police expansion to serve local and rural communities
Chickaloon Native Village is in the early stages of revamping and expanding its tribal police force with the long-term goal of providing a unique law enforcement arrangement to Alaska Native tribes in areas where policing is historically limited or
Alaskan Independence Party to hold April 23 convention in Soldotna
The state’s third largest political party, the Alaskan Independence Party, will hold its one-day 2022 convention on Saturday, April 23, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. The AIP is a pro-gun, pro-family, pro-life, pro-strict-interpretation
Rep. Kurka backs effort to restore constitutional rights of Alaska grand juries
Allegations of systemic corruption committed by state officials has captured the attention of gubernatorial candidate and current House Representative Christopher Kurka, who released a statement last week saying he believes the rights and duties of individual
Alaska House bans public funding of abortion, but rejects stiff penalties for violations
While the Alaska House once again passed a budget banning Alaska from using state funds to cover the killing of unborn Alaskans through abortion, it rejected an amendment that would have imposed stiff financial penalties on state health commissioners and
Anchorage Assemblyman Weddleton concedes to conservative challenger
John Weddleton, a member of the Anchorage Assembly’s leftist majority for the past six years, has conceded to conservative challenger Randy Sulte. At the last official vote count, on April 8, Sulte was ahead by roughly 450 votes over Weddleton – 7,924 to
ELECTION UPDATE: Anchorage school & facility bonds failing, but key races unchanged
The third day of vote counting in the Anchorage election wrapped April 7 with at least 14,000 ballots still yet to be tallied. So far, there has been no substantial change from election night in key Anchorage Assembly and school board contests. Two bond
Tshibaka calls Murkowski’s vote for Supreme Court pick ‘heartbreaking and offensive’
U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka blasted Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s April 7 vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Murkowski was one of three Republicans to break ranks with their party and join all 50 Democrats in confirming
The wisdom I gleaned along a Kiev river reverberates today
Anatoly Mikhailovich Mikisha was a talented and accomplished mathematician in his late 30s. He was a rocket scientist, working in the Moscow Aviation Institute in the 1960s and 1970s – the years I knew and communicated with him. At that time, it was the
Anchorage Election Update: 2nd round of tabulations released
The second day of vote tabulation revealed no substantial changes in key Anchorage Assembly and school board races on April 6. Three of the four hard-left incumbents are still leading comfortably, while fellow liberal John Weddleton continues to trail his