Judge expedites suit that aims to force Anchorage to fill acting mayor’s ‘vacant’ Assembly seat
Alaska Superior Court Judge Jennifer Henderson agreed to schedule oral arguments in an expedited case against the Municipality of Anchorage over whether Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson’s Assembly seat is vacant and should be filled at the April 6
Dunleavy/Reinbold dispute is part of a deeper struggle over legislative supremacy
Regardless of what you think about Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s scathing letter complaining about how State Senator Lora Reinbold has treated his staff or characterized his administration during Senate committee hearings, or Reinbold’s video response decrying
The big picture: Why do Eagle River residents want independence from Anchorage?
Editor’s note: This article is republished with permission by writer Donn Liston. Click here to read more articles by him. Anyone who has lived here any length of time knows the region of the state that includes Eagle River/Chugiak/Peters Creek is a
Is Biden our Neville Chamberlain?
Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister from 1937 until 1940. While it is risky to compare historical events, especially from separate countries and different centuries, there usually are correlations in history that reveal
AK Senate Judiciary to hear from leading conservatives on ‘history of pandemics,’ COVID court cases
Senate Judiciary Chair Lora Reinbold will preside over a meeting today (Feb. 24) that is sure to address controversies about how governments have dealt with COVID over the past year – both through controversial COVID mandates and last-minute changes to
Mat-Su submits bid to host premier arctic sporting event
Thousands of northern and arctic athletes from across the circumpolar region may be headed to the Mat-Su if the borough’s bid to host the 2024 Arctic Winter Games is accepted. On Feb. 19, the Mat-Su Borough sent in its official bid to host the games, which
Dunleavy has no COVID symptoms but chooses weeklong isolation after ‘close contact’
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has decided to spend the next week hunkered down in his Wasilla home after being informed that he was in close contact on Feb. 21 with someone who was later discovered to be positive for coronavirus. An official notice about the
2.20 > Career & Tech Admissions
At the repeated request of parents we looked into a story involving the Matsu Borough School District and the recent, sudden change, in the manner of admissions into MatSu Career and Tech high school. When the school was originally founded, under the guidance
Seward library joins move to push transgender literature
The Seward Public Library has joined what has become a nationwide effort among community libraries to promote books normalizing transgenderism and LGBTQ identities in children. The Friends of the Seward Library is a nonprofit that partners with the library to
A different kind of Civil War
Last year was a very bad year for Republicans. No matter how you try to spin the elections, Republicans lost. Despite a record number of Republican votes for President Trump, he lost. Blame it on mail-in ballots, ballot harvesting, systemic
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