Alaska joins lawsuit challenging vax mandates for federal contractors
Alaska has joined nine other states in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s mandate requiring all federal contractors to submit to COVID shots. Under Biden’s plan, a private business would be required to force employees to get the jab before
Lawmakers fear Alaska pharmacists are pressured to deny Ivermectin to COVID patients
Correspondence between Alaska legislators and the state’s Board of Pharmacy reveal deep concerns over whether local pharmacist are being pressured to withhold Ivermectin from Alaskans struggling with COVID. Justin Ruffridge, chair of the Board of Pharmacy,
INVESTIGATION: 4 Palmer City Council members likely broke open meetings law, recall effort ensues
An investigation into four Palmer City Council members, including Julie Berberich who is up for re-election on Oct. 5, has found that their participation in a private Facebook group likely violated Alaska’s prohibition against elected officials meeting in
Providence may reexamine whether approved vax exemptions were for ‘appropriate religious reasons’
Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage is granting some religious exemptions to its COVID shot mandate, but not without serious caveats. Last month the Catholic hospital announced that its employees had until Sept. 30 to be fully vaxed. It has allowed
Mayor blasts Anchorage Assembly’s attempt to reimpose mask mandate
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson adamantly opposes an attempt by the Anchorage Assembly to bypass his authority and reimpose a citywide mask mandate on nearly every resident. The mayor issued a strong condemnation of a draft ordinance introduced by the liberal
Providence hospital investigates faith of employees who request religious exemption to vax
Providence Alaska Medical Center, a Catholic hospital and one of the largest private employers in Alaska, is investigating the sincerity of employees’ spiritual beliefs before granting religious exemptions to COVID shots. Last month, the Catholic hospital
Lawmaker urges Gov. Dunleavy to defend Alaskans who decline COVID jabs
Rep. David Eastman (R-Wasilla) has called on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to use the full power of his office to defend Alaskans who are under assault for declining to take experimental COVID shots. In strongly worded Sept. 14 letter, Eastman said Alaskans are being
Dunleavy vows to fight Biden’s attempt to ‘snuff out’ Alaska’s economy
Gov. Mike Dunleavy pledged to fight the Biden administration’s ongoing and multi-faceted attempt to cut off avenues of developing Alaska’s natural resources. In a Sept. 9 press conference, Dunleavy blasted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plan to
Alaska Planned Parenthood activists fear unique pro-life law in Texas may spread
Planned Parenthood activist in Alaska fear a new innovative pro-life law in Texas may soon be headed north. On Sept. 1, a Texas law took effect which effectively bans abortions after six weeks. Planned Parenthood has failed to block the law through the
Alaska’s attorney general blasts fed’s attempt to control gun parts
Alaska’s Attorney General Treg Taylor has joined a 20-state coalition of attorneys general in pushing back against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) proposed rule that would substantially increase the federal
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