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Door plug blowback: Boeing to give Alaska Airlines $61 million in credits for future purchases
Alaska Airlines has received a promised additional $61 million in credits from Boeing, part of the compensation of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX-9s after one of the new aircraft lost a door plug on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 in January, while in flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California.
Western Caucus, Voice of the Arctic, and Sen. Dan Sullivan celebrate ‘Alaska’s Right to Produce Act,’ but ignore vote-dodging Rep. Peltola
Rep. Mary Peltola may be a member of the Western Caucus, just like she’s a member of the Blue Dog Democrats, and the Women Democrats Caucus. It’s a club membership thing among like-minded lawmakers. But when the Western Caucus heralded key legislation that passed the House to help...
Bob Bird: Alaska’s judicial branch needs to be put back in its box
Alaska is no different than the other states in one regard: We have constitutional dolts running our governments, on the state and federal level. They have not read their history, the Federalist Papers, the conditions on which the individual states accepted the U.S. Constitution, nor the plain texts of our own flawed Alaska Constitution, rendered (with important modifications) by a socialist think-tank from the University of Chicago.
Trump hosts Rep. Byron Donalds, Vivek Ramaswamy at Mar-a-Lago, where Nick Begich was spotted
MAR-A-LAGO – On Saturday afternoon in the Grand Ballroom of the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, more than 400 people gathered to hear former President Donald Trump, along with supporters Congressman Byron Donalds, Congressman Wesley Hunt, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. The event raised $2 million for Trump’s presidential campaign.
Spoken token: House Bill 26 makes three dead languages into ‘official’ languages of the state
A bill by Democrat Rep. Andi Story of Juneau adds three more Native languages to the list of official languages of Alaska. All three of them are dead languages. House Bill 26, set for a third reading and vote on Monday in the Alaska Senate, would also change the name of the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council to the shorter “Council for Alaska Native Languages.”
Michael Shevock: Coast Guard Academy is making a big mistake with DEI indoctrination
DEI is a bad idea. It is divisive, racist, and anti-meritocratic. Coleman Hughes, Ayaan Hirsi Ali , Elon Musk, and a host of other first-rate minds have vigorously come out against it. Yet, our Coast Guard leadership continues to promote it without discussion or debate. For an objective observer, that should be the first clue that something is very, very wrong.
Passing: Legendary pilot Dick Rutan, whose plane once broke through the ice at the North Pole
The saying is “There are old pilots, and bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.”. There are still a few “old, bold pilots” around Alaska (you know who you are). But on May 3, 2024 there was one fewer of the legends of aviation. Dick Rutan, who with fellow aviator Ron Sheardown once landed a plane at the North Pole and became stranded after it broke through the ice, “flew west” Friday in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho at the age of 85, his family wrote.
Not so fast: Dunleavy appeals to Alaska Supreme Court, requests postponement of Alaska judge’s ruling against correspondence, home school funding
PETITION LAUNCHED, AND A HEARING ON HOUSE BILL 400 IS SET FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Alaska Department of Law will file a request with the Alaska Supreme Court to extend the enactment date of a Superior Court judge’s ruling against state in a matter that may irreparably harm tens of thousands of students and parents in Alaska.
Colorado blues: Governor signs bill requiring credit card companies to track gun, ammo sales
Colorado Democrats have won another battle against the U.S. Constitution. On Wednesday, Democrat Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a requirement that credit card companies track credit card purchases of firearms and ammunition. The new law forces card payment companies to apply a special code to gun and ammunition transactions...
Alaska Permanent Fund says it is reviewing possible conflicts of interest with unnamed person
A series of leaked email documents that show a possible conflict of interest with a member of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation’s Board of Trustees is a serious matter — so much so that the Alaska Permanent Fund has issued a statement acknowledging that fact and saying it is handling the matter internally.
Last straw: Anchorage OMB director quits, after Assembly passes illegal budget
The director of the Anchorage Office of Management and Budget has thrown up her hands and resigned, saying the Anchorage Assembly is undoing all hoped-for progress on the city’s balance sheet. Sharon Lechner, who was confirmed as OMB director earlier this year, wrote in her resignation letter that during...
Biden plan to resettle Palestinians in USA gets pushback from Republican senators
President Joe Biden has plans to bring Palestinian refugees into the country, prompting a letter of concern written by several Republican members of the Senate. “Your administration’s reported plan to accept Gazan refugees poses a national security risk to the United States. With more than a third of Gazans supporting the Hamas militants, we are not confident that your administration can adequately vet this high-risk population for terrorist ties and sympathies before admitting them into the United States. We are further worried that accepting Gazan refugees might cause a crisis at the Egypt-Gaza border, leading to chaos that would only empower Iran-backed Hamas. We are also frustrated that your administration is pushing ahead with a plan to evacuate Gazans from the Strip when there are still American citizens held hostage by Hamas. We demand that your administration cease planning for accepting Gazan refugees until you adequately answer our concerns and focus your attention instead on securing the release of U.S. hostages held by Hamas,” the letter said.
Sullivan fights Biden Administration’s FAA plan to punish Alaska’s small plane owners over leaded fuel
Sen. Dan Sullivan struck out in anger over a Biden Administration rule that could end up grounding essential small planes in Alaska, due to the fact that many of them require leaded aviation fuel. During a hearing on the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, Sullivan slammed his hand on...
Murkowski introduces menopause research bill
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other women senators, mainly Democrat, introduced legislation that adds money to research into menopause and mid-life women’s health. The Advancing Menopause and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, authorized at $275 million over five years, or $55 million per year, would expand federal research on menopause, health care workforce training, awareness and education efforts, and public health promotion and prevention to better address menopause and mid-life women’s health issues.
NYPD says protesters had weapons, gas masks and ‘Death to America!’ pamphlets
A high-ranking official with the New York Police Department said protesters had weapons including knives and hammers as well as pamphlets with “Death to America!” written on them. Michael Kemper, a NYPD’s chief of transit, posted photos Friday of what police confiscated from the protesters. “For those...
No-budge judge who killed correspondence courses for Alaskans says decision is in effect June 30
The Alaska Superior Court judge who killed state funding for correspondence classes said on Thursday he will only pause his ruling from going into effect until June 30. The Dunleavy Administration had asked for it to be stayed, or set aside, until an appeal is heard at the Supreme Court.
Breaking: Anchorage Assembly blows through tax cap, violates charter with revised budget
The revised operating budget passed by the Anchorage Assembly earlier this week has blown through the tax cap, an action that makes the budget illegal because it violates the charter. This is a first time in Anchorage history that an Assembly has broken the law on the tax cap in 45 years since the tax cap was enacted by voters.
Eaglexit education committee to unveil school district proposal at upcoming public meeting
The Eaglexit Education Committee will introduce a groundbreaking charter school district proposal at an upcoming public forum meeting on May 7 at 7 p.m. This proposed model places students at the center, with an emphasis on a rich and dynamic educational experience for each child. The public forum, to take...
Chickaloon Tribal Police will not get Alaska State Troopers’ special commissions after all
Today Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell released the following statement regarding the proposed issuance of State of Alaska Special Commissions to the Chickaloon Tribal Police Department:. “After receiving hundreds of comments from across the Matanuska Susitna Valley, I have decided to not move forward with issuing special...
Skip day: Peltola ditches House Resources budget hearing after not defending Alaska or holding Interior Sec. Deb Haaland accountable
One day after Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola acted against energy development on the North Slope, Peltola skipped out on a House Resources Committee budget hearing featuring Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, who is responsible for executing so much of the Biden Administration war on Alaska. Although she made a...
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