The Alaska Redistricting Board adopted four third party draft maps, in addition to their own two draft maps, to consider for Alaska’s new legislative districts.… Read More
This was definitely a weird week for Alaska politics. Contentious Anchorage Assembly meetings continued over the proposed mask mandate. They culminated in a meeting on Friday being cancelled due to two members of Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration testing positive for … Read More
Thursday night’s Assembly meeting, which nominally provided a forum for public testimony regarding the proposed “mask mandate,” saw the Anchorage…… Read More
On Monday and Tuesday, the tense Anchorage Assembly meeting that began on September 28 continued in the Assembly chambers. Though the mood has subdued slightly since the raucous meetings last week, this week’s meetings have still…… Read More
In recent days, I have tuned in to watch the Anchorage Assembly meetings on YouTube. The endless stream of testimony and disruptions from anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers is shocking, childish, ugly, and most of all, extremely one-sided. I was born in Anchorage…… Read More
It’s October! Holiday season is just around the corner. Unfortunately, there was little in the way of good news this week in Anchorage. Two nights of public testimony at the Anchorage Assembly over a proposed mask mandate turned into bedlam. … Read More
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you enjoy the Alaska Stalker, please consider supporting working moms like me by sending in…… Read More
On September 28 and 29, the Anchorage Assembly met to discuss AO 2021-91, the controversial “mask mandate.” On both nights, the Assembly chambers were filled almost entirely with unmasked individuals protesting the proposed mandate. The mood in the room was … Read More
As COVID-19 case counts reach near-daily record highs…… Read More
Roger, my father, is 59 years old and has been married to my mom, Jodi, for 35 years. He served in the Air Force for 20 years and transitioned to civilian telecommunications work in Soldotna in the early 2000s. He … Read More