Ketchikan mayor aims to defend civil liberties of those who refuse COVID vaccine
Ketchikan Borough Mayor Rodney Dial is urging the Assembly to support his resolution calling on businesses to “refrain from discriminating against any individual by denying that person access to goods of services based upon their COVID-19 vaccination
State video suggests raising doubts about the election is akin to ‘misinformation’
Three weeks after discovering that Alaska’s Online Voter Registration System was hacked by nefarious outside actors, the Alaska Division of Elections produced and published a video against what it called dangerous “misinformation” being sowed by those
Moving Gov. Dunleavy off the fence
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has squandered his political capital and mandate through fits and starts. To be sure, he has faced unprecedented problems that were not his making, but his inconsistency has resulted in his core constituents shaking their heads and
Change.org deletes petition asking Alaska to ban controversial Dominion voting machines
After quickly amassing more than 550 online signatures, a petition asking the State of Alaska to ban the use of controversial Dominion voting machines was abruptly removed from the Change.org website. The petition states: “We the undersigned are voting
Rep. Young on ‘road to recovery’ after positive COVID test
Fresh off his victory over challenger Alyse Galvin, U.S. Rep. Don Young said he is doing well after contracting COVID-19 last week. The 25-time winner of Alaska’s sole seat in the U.S. House issued an update on his health Nov. 16. “There has been much
Petition launched against Anchorage Assembly’s ‘oppressive’ emergency declaration
Fed up with what they view as the “detrimental impacts” of oppressive COVID-19 mandates, Anchorage residents have launched an online petition urging the Assembly to end its perpetual emergency declaration. Having amassed more than 1,200 signatures in five
Proofs of a stolen election
So, let’s see. Have presidential elections been stolen before? The answer might surprise you: without a doubt. A friend of mine, being too generous, recently told me that stealing an election would involve such a tremendous amount of chicanery on a scale so
Kenai mayor introduces resolution against mandatory COVID vaccinations
As the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccination nears, there are concerns that the general public may be required to take the vaccination. To alleviate these fears, Kenai Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce has joined Assemblymen Jesse Bjorkman and Bill Elam to
Gov. Dunleavy extends emergency declaration for COVID
Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Nov. 6 that he is issuing a new 30-day disaster declaration in response to COVID. This goes into effect on Nov. 16 and expires on Dec. 15. Dunleavy’s initial March 11 disaster declaration is set to expire on Nov. 15. In issuing
Unelected Anchorage mayor imposes mask mandate, restricts gatherings increases enforcement
Anchorage’s unelected acting mayor, Austin Quinn-Davidson has decided to wield her newly inherited emergency powers to impose city-wide mask mandates and tighter restrictions on gatherings. She announced her new mandates during a Nov. 6 press conference.
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