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Dark money: 907 Initiative’s campaign arm is going into debt
The Democrat group is linked to ProgressNow, which is funded by the SixteenThirty Fund, the NEA and others you know. You remember the SixteenThirty Fund. It’s the poster child for Outside dark money. There’s more…
Stock plunges after Planet Fitness cancels membership of Fairbanks woman who objected to man in women’s locker room
It is company policy to allow men in women’s locker rooms at Planet Fitness. And women, you can’t get photographic evidence of what’s going on in the locker room. The stock has dropped 13.79% since Pat Silva of Fairbanks took a fateful photo and put it on the internet.
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Legislature fails to override governor on education mega-bill
House leadership says that there’s still time to pass education policy and funding, but not like that.
Sen. Claman introduces resolution to lower veto-override threshold
Senate Joint Resolution 15 takes away power from the governor. It’s what the Anchorage Assembly has done to Mayor Dave Bronson. The Senate gave it just one committee referral. Check back with Must Read Alaska later today for the story.
Murkowski hires Garrett Boyle as chief of staff
Boyle started with Sen. Murkowski years ago as an intern, moved up, then she got him a sweet gig running the Denali Commission. Now he is back as CoS.
Compeau original … yes, this is a real offer
Too hot to handle? Mat-Su Borough Assembly forms library review committee
The city manager canceled the review process for sex books for kids when it devolved into shouting in January. Now, a new path to deal with the grooming librarians: Citizen input.
Recipe for revenge: Anchorage city managers handled pe*is-shaped cookie complaints correctly, Ombudsman says in final report
Penis-shaped cookies in the office, yelling, cursing, and an ombudsman who says it was all handled appropriately by HR. Not exactly the answer the Assembly wanted.
Note, you can have men parading their privates around in women’s dressing rooms, you can have boys in the girls’ bathrooms at school, but oh, the snowflake horror if you have an oblong cookie in the office.
Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson suggests government has a ‘duty’ to censor Americans in some circumstances
The Biden-appointed justice says sometimes the government just has to censor you via social media proxy companies when you want to express a thought the government doesn’t like.
Supreme Court: In blow to Biden, Texas may arrest and deport illegal border crossers
Hours later, an appeals court blocked Texas from doing so. Check back with Must Read Alaska later today for the update.
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Question of the week - one day left to vote
This day in history
March 21, 1913 – Republican Gov. Walter E. Clark approved the first act of the first Territorial Legislature, recognizing that Alaska women have the right to vote.
Columns
STAND podcast: Mike Matthys discusses internet censorship, artificial intelligence
He is the founder of Institute for a Better Internet.
Lani Kass: Media is sowing the wind with Orwellian ‘newspeak’ about dangers of ‘white nationalism’
White nationalism is the new “fascist” in Democrat world.
Michelle Traxler: An aborted baby named John Anthony is why I support defining life in HB 107
This is a true story you will not want to miss. Very courageously told, I might add.
Win Gruening: Juneau Assembly holds firm on Telephone Hill redevelopment
There are historic houses there, but in any other city they would be considered slum houses, to be honest.
David Boyle: A look at the Alaska school districts awash in unspent funds
Each school district is different in its needs, but SB 140 would treat them all the same.
Downing: Education reform is worth fighting for
How is it that we went from top in the nation to bottom in two generations? Could the establishment of the base student allocation have anything to do with it?
Bob Griffin: Add charter school authorizers to end the long waiting lists
We have a bright spot in education. Why are Democrats fighting it, like they fought desegregation?
Rick Whitbeck: A year later, Willow ‘victory’ rings hollow, with 15.8 million acres locked up
Alexander Dolitsky: History doesn’t repeat but it often rhymes
Linda Boyle: Wuhan lab, a manufactured virus, and the hapless bats that got a bad rap
David Eastman: Corruption on full display in Alaska during Ethics Committee confirmation
Tim Barto: Like it or not, it’s presidential season and it’s going to be all about Trump
David Boyle: Education industry is control freak when it comes to charter schools
Win Gruening: Juneau school board veers off course
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Permanent Fund (principal and earnings reserve): $79,427,100,000
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