For what it's worth, he's actually understating his accomplishments there because he didn't include the two Congressional Review Act resolutions in that five bills: www.congress.gov/member/nicho...
When you look at just general-purpose state dollars, the prison budget is now bigger than all but two departments -- health and education -- and it's fast approaching the amount spent on the dividend (column 4 here): www.legfin.akleg.gov/BudgetReport...
I remember when it was big news that Alaska's prison budget became bigger than the budget for the University of Alaska. Now, the prison budget is over $500 million per year, a record high: alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/10/a... #akleg #Alaska
The truth is out there … that HAARP is a great research station. #akleg #Alaska
A Never-Ending Conspiracy Theory in Remote Alaska www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
For what it’s worth, Annalee, it’s not just hypothetical — here in Alaska (and in transboundary Canada) there are several mining projects going ahead at the feet of glaciers that have receded to expose mineral veins.
NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics.
We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
New this week: my best guess is that there were 14,000 murders in the US in 2025. I go through the math for the various ways we can get to that estimate. It's more exciting than it sounds!
jasher.substack.com/p/there-were...
The crabber who fell overboard and died in the Bering Sea was on the TV show "Deadliest Catch" - alaskapublic.org/news/public-... #akleg #Alaska
For this, it's based on the "water year," which starts Oct. 1. National Weather Service uses July 1, IIRC — @climatologist49.bsky.social or @alaskawx.bsky.social could probably say more.
TIL from Anchorage writer Julia O'Malley that Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Kyle Hopkins also drives for DoorDash: juliaomalley.substack.com/p/your-dashe... #akleg #Alaska
Douglas Island- Hazard has dropped to low at all elevations with a thick melt freeze crust in place effectively locking up the snowpack. With significantly less than forecasted new snow totals overnight, the main problem today is potentially difficult skiing atop the variable crust. Watch for unstable snow on isolated terrain features.
This is the kind of avalanche advisory I like to see. #akwx #Alaska
Table of snowfall records for Juneau by winter since 1943
It's been a snowy winter in Juneau (and it's still coming!), but we're a long ways off from the record snowiest winter, according to XMACIS. #akwx #Alaska
Alaskans sure know how to have fun. Olympic curling came to Cordova last week, filmed by my friend Milo Burcham.
Congrats to @vincentledvina.bsky.social for getting national attention!
WHAT. A. DAY in finance and geopolitics.
"Stocks wobbled, bonds tumbled, the dollar snapped its losing streak, oil prices sprang higher and natural gas went whoosh. But investors are not bracing for disaster."
We aint seen nothing yet ht @katie0martin.ft.com
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Alaska has a constitutional right to privacy, and the state might have violated that right with the handover.
Legislators are trying to investigate, but they're being stonewalled by elections officials: alaskabeacon.com/2026/03/06/a... #akleg #Alaska
Alaska and Texas are the only two states that have voluntarily given the federal government their voter rolls, despite a nationwide request that's gone out to 48 states.
They've also signed an agreement that allows the feds to individually pick voters for eventual removal from those rolls. (1/2)
The Juneau Intl Airport has received at least 1" of snow on 10 consecutive days. This ties their longest streak on record. Sadly, it will not snow today. @alaskawx.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social
alas, le deluge
This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Chart showing in many countries, people see their fellow citizens as morally good.
We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.
The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...
In Northwest Alaska, residents are conducting a voter education program—by snowmachine.
The charge initially came after Granger ripped up and chewed the AI-generated artwork of UAF Master of Fine Arts student Nick Dwyer in January, the same day of the arrest.
(From KUAC - Fairbanks)
Is this war really going to create the Alaska gas pipeline?
In charts: How serious is the Middle East gas price shock www.ft.com/content/78fb...
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.
