Category: POLITICS
Posted on January 11, 2023
From abortion to zoning: Short summaries of every bill in the 33rd A…
Each year, members of the Alaska Legislature introduce hundreds of bills. They’re all listed on the Legislature’s website, alongside a bunch of other information, including who’s sponsored it, and as the bills get heard by legislative committees, more information …
Posted on January 7, 2023
Biden Moves to End Doughnut Lures and Other Bear Hunting Tactics in Alaska
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service is moving to prohibit hunters on some public lands in Alaska from baiting black bears with doughnuts and using spotlights to shoot hibernating bears and cubs in their dens, techniques allowed by …
Posted on January 7, 2023
Legislative chief touts consensus strategy and descriptions possible priorities for Alaska Senate
Because the Alaska Legislature’s 2023 session approaches, a state Senate chief on Thursday highlighted the potential advantages of that physique’s newly fashioned bipartisan majority coalition. Incoming Senate Majority Chief Cathy Giessel mentioned the 9 Democrats and eight …
Posted on December 17, 2022
Ranked-Choice Voting Is Just Another Way Of Letting Elites Tilt The System In Their Favor
Americans want honest, straightforward and fair elections that they can trust. Regardless of whether candidates win or lose, voters deserve far better than the incompetence, mismanagement and multi-week delays in counting votes that we’re seeing in so …
Posted on December 17, 2022
Will Ranked-Choice Voting Kill MAGA? No. Are Republicans Banning It Anyway? Yup.
Alaskans learn about ranked choice voting in a mock election for drag queens. Mark Thiessen/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It’s the system to “save America,” …
Posted on December 5, 2022
Alaska Republican governor sworn in for second term
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy was sworn in for a second term on Monday, saying his goal is to “work with everybody to create an Alaska for the next 50 years.” The Republican last month …
Posted on November 29, 2022
Senate set to pass bill enshrining gay marriage in federal law
The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on the final passage of a bill that would enshrine gay marriage in federal law, requiring to require individual states to recognize another state’s legal marriage. Opponents of the Respect Marriage …
Posted on November 26, 2022
Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola win Alaska races, defeating Trump-backed opponents – The Washington Post
Peltola, who made history with her August special election win, and Murkowski, a senator for two decades, led after earlier vote counts. But the centrist lawmakers’ victories were not clinched until Wednesday, when the Alaska Division of Elections …
Posted on November 26, 2022
GOP Senator Supports Vital Amendments to Respect for Marriage Act
A Republican senator who voted for the so-called Respect for Marriage Act supports Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s and Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford’s amendments to the legislation, The Daily Signal has learned. Republican Alaska Sen. Dan …
Posted on November 25, 2022
Newly Elected Conservative School Board Fires Superintendent, Bans Critical Race Theory
Fire and Firings In one meeting, Deon Jackson went from South Carolina’s Berkeley County school superintendent to unemployed. His firing came at the hand of a newly-elected school board, which appears to have declared a judgment day …