House Coalition announces plans for one-time $1,300 ‘Energy Relief Check’ on top of PFD
Within 30 minutes of the announcement, former Gov. Bill Walker endorsed the plan.
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Legislature maintains mandatory masking and regular testing, for now
New year, old rules.
Smartphone-driven covid-19 exposure notifications finally come to Alaska
It’s essentially a smartphone-based approach to contact tracing, alerting people of possible close contacts with covid-19 and giving them the information to curb the potential spread.
With testing cutbacks, Alaska is flying blind into omicron
Cases are up but testing is way, way down.
Anchorage Assembly unanimously votes to end city’s masking mandate on Wednesday
The resolution effectively lifts the mask mandate on Wednesday.
Bronson suddenly concerned about covid-19 if it means vetoing public safety, education funds
Bronson’s made opposing any meaningful health measures—including expansive testing—a key position of his administration, which economists say will only make recovery that much slower.
The extreme right is growing more extreme
There, it’s abundantly clear that the rhetoric on the extreme right is only growing more extreme—and doing so quickly—even as cases of covid-19 continue to fall.
‘Buy a vibrator.’ Far-right Republicans keep playing doctor with covid-19.
While Reinbold’s advice is more out there than most, she’s certainly not alone among Republicans pushing unproven, untested and potentially dangerous alternative treatments to covid-19.
After covid-19 scare, Anchorage Assembly will continue masking hearing Wednesday
Things are set to get back on track this week.
After riling up anti-science mob, Bronson administration comes down with covid-19
The Bronson administration and its allies have been using the hearings to rile up anti-mask and anti-science testimony over the course of the last two weeks.