Legislature finalizes $1,100 PFD after nearly fumbling it away
It looked like the session was going to end without a dividend but upon further review, one legislator decided that a $1,100 PFD is better than none.
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Covid-19 bill dead as hospitals warn politically motivated changes could make pandemic worse
The same turn also happened in the Senate where a slate of amendments aimed at poking holes in vaccine requirements initially sunk the bill before it was revived with the hope that the House could salvage it. It turns out those hopes were misplaced.
Saturday in the Sun (Sept. 11)
Personal liberty, vaccine conspiracy and ivermectin breath.
After riding anti-mask wave into mayor’s office, Bronson will let covid-19 run wild
And he’s also blaming the hospitals for being overworked.
Alaska’s hospital capacity matters, but fewer covid-19 cases would be even better
Ask not what Alaska’s hospitals can do to meet the covid-19 surge, ask what we can do to reduce the covid-19 surge that’s straining Alaska’s hospitals.
GARA: I’m Running to Create A Brighter Future
“I want a brighter future, not a state people have been leaving for a record four years in a row. We can do better than the loss of thousands of good-paying jobs, closed small businesses and less opportunity to succeed.”
Friday in the Sun (Sept. 3): The World is on Fire edition
Covid-19 is back in the legislative spotlight (where it should’ve been all along).
Dunleavy asks Legislature for do-over on public health nursing veto as covid surges
In his veto, the governor’s administration claimed that the gap could be made up with federal funds and then in an editorial later claimed that no public health nurses would be laid off due to the vetoes. What he didn’t mention was agency has extreme staffing problems with as much as a 30% vacancy rate when the pandemic started, according to the budget documents.
After short quarantine, Murkowski does not have covid-19
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski does not have covid-19, her office said today. Murkowski appeared by video at a fundraiser on Tuesday night, telling the audience…
$1,100 PFD emerges after bitter fight in the House
“Something is not a compromise merely because one says it’s a compromise,” said Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage.