Murkowski’s Star is Rising
The evidence has been there for a while, but its clear now. Lisa Murkowski has become ascendant in American politics.
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Buxton takes Helm at Midnight Sun
FAIRBANKS–Political journalist Matt Buxton will join The Midnight Sun as its editor and principal content contributor on June 5.
Murkowski Talks “Special Prosecutor” for Trump
Senator Murkowski posted the following statement on her Facebook page today.
Ophthalmologists Warn of Opioid Danger
JUNEAU, AK – Amid Alaska’s spiraling opioid epidemic, the Alaska Senate passed legislation today that puts patient safety at risk by allowing as many as 125 of optometrists—who are not medical doctors or trained surgeons—to prescribe highly addictive narcotics and perform surgery on the eyes of Alaska patients.
Former FBI Director Freeh Opposes Bernie Sanders Drug Scheme
Over the past five years, teams representing the Department of Justice and the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations have prosecuted multiple cases against unlicensed wholesalers selling large quantities of non-FDA-approved medications to U.S. doctors.
Don Young Gets Smacked
The folks that think the Republican Affordable Care Act repeal effort in the House of Representatives was a bad idea aren’t ready to move on to the US Senate quite yet. They have bought 1000 points of broadcast TV reminding Alaskans that Don Young voted the wrong way. A thousand points of TV means the targetted demo graphic will see this ad 10 times this week. In politics–that’s a lot.
US Senate Candidate Cean Stevens’ Tell-All Shocks
By Cean Stevens
While contemplating whether or not to write this article, I decided to google sexual harassment of senate candidates. The search results were always the same.
Why is Alaska Getting the Worst of the Repeal and Replace Effort?
The LeDoux Attacks
Political attacks in Juneau have stepped up in the past two weeks. It feels like late October, with a General election around the corner. Of course, thats a long ways away.
Will Murkowski Continue To Back Bernie Sanders On Drug Importation?
With Obamacare repeal dead for the foreseeable future, Congress may turn its attention to smaller pieces of legislation dealing with what are seen as more doable reforms to American healthcare. One of those is an effort being led by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) to bring down the price of prescription drugs by allowing Americans to buy those drugs from foreign countries.