Surprise: Anchorage Assembly puts Don Young's name on the port
And we have the first list of pre-filed bills for this year's Alaska Legislature
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Assembly approves ‘Don Young Port of Alaska’
There were a lot of purity tests administered by particularly petty public officials over the past few months, with some woke Assembly members pointing out Don Young’s faults and failings. But in the end, they moved past the “white male bad” grudges and voted. Ann Young watched the proceedings from the public comment podium that had been named for Eugene Carl Haberman, a citizen activist.
We appreciate all generous Alaskans who keep this conservative enterprise going!
Anchorage election season gears up
The mayor’s race is the big one, but there’s also an Assembly seat in Eagle River, and a lot of spending proposals for Anchorage taxpayers, including $500,000 public porta-potties because, as Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel said on Tuesday night, “everyone poops.”
Alaska’s and 24 other attorneys general tell Supreme Court to allow Trump on Colorado ballot or expect ‘widespread chaos’
They file friend of the court brief. In 22 pages, they say the 14th Amendment does not apply.
Legislature’s first pre-filed bills released for 2024
They have everything from a psychedelic task force to poppies for veterans.
United Airlines finds loose bolts on some 737 MAX 9 door plugs
Expect flights to be messed up for a few days. The FAA says those MAX 9 planes remain grounded.
Dave Calhoun, president and CEO of Boeing, held an employee meeting on Tuesday in Renton, Wash., during which he said the company is "acknowledging our mistake. We're going to approach it with 100% and complete transparency every step of the way. We are going to work with the NTSB who is investigating the accident itself to find out what the cause is. We have a long experience with this group. They're as good as it gets."
Meanwhile, at Seattle-Tacoma, 63 flights were canceled Tuesday morning as of 1 p.m., according to the FlightAware. Another 156 flights were delayed out of Seattle.
Where is Secretary of Defense Austin? Still hospitalized on Day 10
Over the past 20 days, Austin has been in a medical emergency for 50% of the time, and the president did not know until Tuesday that the original diagnosis was prostate cancer.
Defense comes clean: Austin had prostate cancer
Originally, they said it was an elective procedure. Now they say it was a required surgery and evidently had to be done right away. What gives?
On Wednesday, Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale confirmed he's moving to impeach Sec. Austin because he has been untruthful since he became Defense secretary.
National Park Service retreats on William Penn statue, won’t remove it after all
It’s an election year, and clearly the word came down that William Penn would need to stay put for now.
Question of the week
Will Joe Biden end up pardoning Hunter Biden?
This day in history
Jan. 10, 1861, delegates to the Florida Convention in Tallahassee voted to secede from the United States. The following month, Florida was one of six southern states to form the Confederate States of America.
Jan. 10, 1882, the name of the first post office on Gastineau Channel was changed from Harrisburg to Juneau.
Columns
Leigh Sloan: School choice is here to stay
Find out about the School Choice Celebration happening in Anchorage this month.
Joe Buccino: Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin must resign
The lack of transparency is appalling, and without a resignation, it becomes clear that the Biden Administration has no accountability.
Tom Boutin: A few words in favor of Chris Tuck for Anchorage’s next mayor
This longtime Republican says Tuck has what it takes to run Alaska’s biggest and most contentious city.
Linda Boyle: Is the mea culpa by former NIH director on government Covid policies good enough?
The director is now on the record admitting that government policies did more harm than good. But will the public ever trust the government again? Check out this memo from October, 2020.
Scott Ogan: Top 10 ‘left fork-in-the-road’ policy proposals
An analysis of some bills that are left over from last year that are decidedly leftist.
Bob Bird: Recon and the 14th Amendment
An analysis by the chair of the Alaskan Independence Party.
Todd Lindley: Storage to shortage — The Cook Inlet natural gas crisis
History of how natural gas has been managed and how the Alaska public is being played on carbon.
Alaska oil: $76.73
Henry Hub gas: $2.98
Alaska North Slope Production: 472,895
Permanent Fund (principal and earnings reserve): $78,625,000,000
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