The Walker Mallott reelection campaigns collectively raised more than $530,000 by the first APOC reporting deadline, with combined cash on hand of over $440,000. These numbers reflect the highest total fundraising AND highest cash on hand of any pairing of candidates for Alaska Governor and Lieutenant Governor by this point in the election cycle. [Based […]
Rep. Les Gara, and Facing Foster Care in Alaska founder, Amanda Metivier, have launched a Back To School drive to put laptops into the hands of Alaskan foster youth to aid with their school success, Les Gara announced. Gara and Metivier, both former foster youth, founded the Laptops for Foster Youth effort at the suggestion […]
During last week’s National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump vowed to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, a 62-year-old provision in the U.S. tax code that prevents certain tax-exempt organizations, secular and religious, from political campaigning. His remarks have sparked debate over the line between Church and State in America. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) […]
It was reported by troopers via the trooper dispatch on Friday that a young girl from the rural community of Grayling had perished from her injuries sustained in a August 11th four-wheeler accident. 10-year-old Aaliyah Ellie Shangin-Andrews was riding as a passenger on a four-wheeler when the driver, her 18-year-old aunt, Kaitlin Andrews swerved to avoid […]