Peaceful Fairbanks protest draws large crowd on half-mile stretch of Airport Way

Someone who walked the length of the route said he did his best to concentrate on the sea of humanity and put the turnout at 1,600.

Others said it may have been far higher. It’s hard to estimate crowds. But this was a big showing of opposition to Trump from Fairbanks.

Someone like former Trump spokesman Sean Spicer might have called it the largest Fairbanks protest in history. Period.

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AIDEA continues to block public release of 'independent' study finished in early 2024

On April Fools’ Day, the head of AIDEA said the long-delayed $250,000 “independent” review of the agency would be released by mid-April after the contractor inserted revisions prepared and demanded by AIDEA.

“I would hope that it could be done in the next two weeks,” Randy Ruaro told a joint meeting of the state affairs committees of the Legislature on April 1.

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Asked about Trump sending Marines to LA, Sen. Dan Sullivan had nothing to say

Sen. Dan Sullivan refused to say anything when Alaska Public Media reporter Liz Ruskin asked him about Trump’s decision to send the military to Los Angeles over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsome.

“Talk to me about the Marine deployments in Los Angeles?” Ruskin asked.

Sullivan should have answered the question. Instead, he took cover.

“Sorry,” Sullivan said. He ducked into an elevator and was gone.

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