On Tuesday, the Alaska State House voted against discussing travel restrictions related to the spread of the coronavirus. I had offered the following sense of the house: Unfortunately, a majority …
(Lawmakers huddle during this week’s legislative session on the house floor) The mess in our legislature in Juneau today is far greater than any one legislator will be able to …
(Alaskan soldiers depart for their first deployment to Afghanistan, 2005) Earlier today, Alaska confirmed its second and third case of coronavirus (COVID-19), and the White House advised all Americans to …
In the movie D.O.A. (1949), Edmund O’Brien’s character walks into a police station to report his own murder. He was poisoned. It was a fatal dose. There is no antidote. In …
(Rep. David Eastman shares concerns over high levels of coercion in AK Legislature) Yesterday, I joined current and former Mat-Su Republican Senators Shelley Hughes, Mike Shower and Mike Dunleavy, in …
Alaskans already pay more for a gallon of gas than 45 states and the District of Columbia. No matter, a majority of Alaska legislators are currently backing legislation (SB115) that …
I drove over to Home Depot this afternoon and walked past the aisles where masks, respirators and goggles are normally found. Even without my saying anything, another customer explained that …
While patriotism runs high on The Last Frontier, the legislature has been a less than welcoming place to our Alaska military veterans over the past year. This week, members of …
The first order of business this morning was packing up my desk on the House Floor. When the Democrats took over last February, I was reassigned to the least desirable …
Thank you to the 754 Alaskans who have participated in the poll I put out this week about legislators voting in secret. Those who have participated to date voted 774 …
September 5th, 2026
