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Dunleavy’s Spite appointment of Babcock to UA Board of Regents Violates State Law

News Dermot Cole -
This article was republished from dermotcole.com. Temporary University of Alaska Regent Tuckerman Babcock doesn’t belong on the UA Board of Regents, not even until the Legislature has the chance to officially reject his appointment by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Dunleavy violated state...
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Sullivan Arena Shelter Shuts Down – For Now

News Yarrow Silvers -
Thirty-seven vulnerable residents woke up Wednesday at the Sullivan Arena and went to bed somewhere else that night. The Municipality of Anchorage closed the homeless shelter housed in the Sullivan for the summer, with many people hoping the closure...
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Dunleavy’s family values expert invented excuses for rape

News Dermot Cole -
This article was republished from dermotcole.com. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s expert on promoting family values turned out to be a guy who thinks rape and Hitler have gotten a bad rap, while Martin Luther King Jr. was a “serial rapist” who...
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Dunleavy’s Inflated Claims About Carbon Storage Float Off into the Ether

News Dermot Cole -
This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. Five months ago Gov. Mike Dunleavy said that carbon storage was the next big thing, a painless solution to Alaska’s financial problems that would soon generate billions. “The reason we landed on this...
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Anchorage Conservatives, Like Trump, Try Undermining Unfavorable Election Results

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In a continuing trend since Donald Trump questioned the 2020 presidential election results, local election observers for conservative Anchorage Assembly candidates filed a failed challenge and an ongoing contest of the April 2023 Municipality of Anchorage election. At the...
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Anchorage’s Electric Utility Elects Two “Clean Energy” Board Candidates, Re-Elects Incumbent Chair

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
Members of Chugach Electric Association, the Anchorage-based cooperative utility that generates nearly half of urban Alaska’s power, rejected one incumbent and elected two new board members who campaigned on an aggressive shift toward renewable energy in an election that...
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Mass Exodus from the Bronson Administration Continues

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The ongoing exodus from Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration continued Wednesday when Maintenance and Operations Director Saxton Shearer resigned.  Shearer’s exit leaves only four of Bronson’s original 23 appointees in their jobs. The remarkable turnover in less than two years...
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As Natural Gas Shortage Looms, Alaska Utilities and Advocates Feud Over Renewable Power Bill

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
Even before Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a bill to require the state’s utilities to generate more power from renewable sources, executives were springing into action. Four months before Dunleavy introduced his legislation, the state official who would be...
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Dan Sullivan calls for higher military spending without saying how he would pay for it

News Dermot Cole -
This article was republished from dermotcole.com with permission. Sen. Dan Sullivan has attached himself to this three-paragraph Republican chain letter that calls for unidentified “spending cuts.” And he won’t agree to paying debts the government has already accrued without first...
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LaFrance’s Mayoral Platform to Focus on Housing, Child Care, and Core Government Services

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Suzanne LaFrance is the first challenger of Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson in the April 2024 municipal election. The former Assembly member filed her campaign letter of intent on Monday seeking to unseat Bronson, who filed for re-election in December...
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