Merry Christmas fromEast Anchorage Book Club Podcast. Listen to our holiday episode with Sen. Lisa Murkowski who discusses her new book, “Far from Home,” domestic deployments of National Guard, & the insurrection of Jan. 6. Wherever you listen to podcasts or here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Tonight I introduced Matt Schultz at his 1st official campaign event for US Congress. Rev. Schultz has been advocating for all those with less in Alaska since 1997, & he's the leader we need in DC. Let's eliminate poverty & make healthcare affordable. mattschultzforalaska.com

I’ve known Rev. Matt Schultz for ~8 years & feel extremely confident that he’s the real deal. Authentic, good to his word, deeply compassionate & empathetic in the way that means he’s also brave about standing up to bullies, standing firmly FOR things that help us & firmly against harmful policies.

I’m singing in the Alaska Chambers Singers concert this weekend: Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service) Saturday night at 7:30 pm & Sunday afternoon at 4 pm. St Patrick’s Parish, 2111 Muldoon Please come!

Last night 4 reporters resigned from the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai & the Homer News. Listen on my podcast to the Clarion’s lone news reporter @jakecdye.bsky.social explain his decision to walk & the future of journalism on the Kenai Peninsula: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg

Reporters at the Carpenter Media Group-owned papers in Kenai have resigned: “Though this decision is extremely painful for all of us, it is not difficult. We cannot do our jobs knowing that pressure from an elected official can mean our stories are edited without prior consultation with us.” #akleg

On Wednesday we honored an organization & person, both fully committed to keeping Alaskans healthy. Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center is celebrating 50 years, and we surprised CEO Lisa Aquino with a citation for her career in community service. Thank you, ANHC and Lisa! #akleg

Alaska’s local journalism needs our support. Opponents of 🇺🇸 democracy know that our boots-on-the-ground reporters are the most trusted news sources, so they work overtime to discredit them. Support the 1st amendment & subscribe to @Homer_News: www.homernews.com/subscribe/ #akleg

Lisa Alexia is a physician assistant who specializes in eating disorders & expert on health risks of sleep disruption. She supports ending daylight saving time. #akleg Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... For questions about eating disorders, visit AKEDA: www.akeatingdisordersalliance.org

Join Reps. Andrew Gray (HD20) & Genevieve Mina @repmina.bsky.social (HD19) this Sunday 6/15 @ 2-3:30 pm for a Constituent Town Hall at La Michoacana Ice Cream Shop on East Tudor. Celebrate Father’s Day with some tasty treats and chatting with your local representatives! #akleg

Happy #Pride Month from East Anchorage Book Club podcast! JJ Harrier is 2025 chair of Anchorage Pride Parade. Growing up in Girdwood, he traveled the US & Europe, ending up homeless in Portland in his early 30s. Entering rehab in #Alaska changed his life. #akleg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Rep Zack Fields (D-Anc) on Trump's budget: "A Chinese foreign agent couldn't have done better to disempower America than the House budget reconciliation bill." #akleg governs downstream of federal gov't: with massive cuts to essential programs, AK CANNOT fill gaps. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

This week’s guest on East Anchorage Book Club Podcast is 2025 #PulitzerPrize winner #TessaHulls. She is the 2nd #graphicnovelist to win the award. We discuss working in the Juneau Capitol kitchen, #Alaska, & her #memoir, “Feeding Ghosts.” #akleg listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #books

South Anchorage Rep Ky Holland was born in Anchorage. Son of Federal Judge Russ Holland who was the judge in the case against Exxon after the Exxon Valdez Oil spill, we talk about his life & the case against American Samoans voting in Whittier. #akleg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eas…

We have completed our work in Juneau. My office has had an eventful final week (including passing HB 101 that raises the age of consent to 18). My staff Claire Bredar, Nate Graham, Nicole Larango, & Kyle Johansen worked hard this year. So grateful! Read my e-news: mailchi.mp/d29bb32ca3ef...

Proud to stand with my fellow East Anchorage Reps today to ensure a $700 per student increase to Alaska public school funding. This is a start. (@donnamears.bsky.social @repmina.bsky.social & Rep. Eischeid) #akleg “Alaska lawmakers override Dunleavy’s veto of education bill” adn.com/politics/alask…

Today, on a unanimous vote, the Alaska House passed my bill HB 101 raising the age of sexual consent from 16 to 18. This monumental change in our laws prevents predators from targeting young people. HB 101 protects 16- & 17-year-olds from sexual assault & trafficking. #akleg

Today I carried Gov. Dunleavy’s HB 62 on the House floor. This bill is a huge step forward for the way Alaska processes sexual assault examination kits. HB 62 aligns our state with national best practices and gives victims a way to track their kits. #akleg

The “southeast Texas caucus” in the Alaska Legislature: Sen. James Kaufman & I are both from Friendswood (small town between Houston & Galveston); @eriwinsto.bsky.social (reporter from @AKpublicnews) is from Clear Lake right next to Friendswood. #Random #akleg

Today, the AK House passed my House Bill 13 which offers 5 optional property tax exemptions.The goal is to increase the supply of housing, drive down rents, improve quality of living in mobile home parks, & incentivize the purchase of 1st homes. Watch my closing comments. #akleg

The AK House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the legal status of American Samoans -- the only group from a US territory who does not have the right to vote. Below is my intro to the hearing which explains why we held it & why it is so important. #akleg #AmericanSamoa

Of the many actions you could take on the complex issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, a simple but collectively powerful one is how you can engage with media reports on #MMIW - especially social media. (1/4)

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Tessa Hulls of Juneau has won the Pulitzer Prize in the Memoir/Autobiography category for her book, "Feeding Ghosts," and @alaskarobotics.com will have a book signing tomorrow: www.ktoo.org/2025/04/22/t... #akleg #Alaska

Rep. Carolyn Hall (D-West Anchorage) is an Emmy winning TV journalist & communications director for Gov. Bill Walker & Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. Working for the mayor 2020-2021 was the worst year of her life. Learn why; listen to her story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg

Grateful to Alaska Public News and reporter Rachel Cassandra for covering the new signs going up across the state on August 1: “Alcohol use can cause cancer, including breast and colon cancer.” #akleg alaskapublic.org/news/health/...

Alaska becomes the first US state to post warnings about alcohol and cancer, thanks to @andrewgrayak.bsky.social as well as our bipartisan legislature (thanks ranked choice voting!) #medsky

Thankful that Gov. Dunleavy allowed Sen. Merrick’s SB 15 to become law over the weekend. This means all points-of-sale of alcohol will have to post the warning: “ALCOHOL USE CAN CAUSE CANCER, INCLUDING BREAST AND COLON CANCERS.” This is my provision that will save lives. #akleg

Iraq war veteran & former AK state senator Josh Revak was blown up in Ramadi & medivac’ed to Germany where he went straight to surgery while his wife was giving birth to their first child at a different hospital. Learn his whole story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg

My colleague Rep Donna Mears who represents South Muldoon in Anchorage gave the most heartfelt call to increase education funding in Alaska. Please watch her speech from the House floor yesterday. #akleg

The AK legislature failed to exert its constitutional authority AGAIN today. We did not override the governor’s education funding veto. Read more in my e-newsletter: mailchi.mp/0434c02e15c3... or watch my speech in support of the override. Today is a sad day for our kids. #akleg

We can learn a lot from Alaska’s former foster children. Not just ways to improve the system but about life. Take a listen to Deko Harbi, Shannon Smith, & Tali Stone: 3 recent foster kids. This is this podcast’s 3rd episode featuring foster youth. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg

A clip from the Passion of Joan of Arc. This 1928 silent film masterpiece will stay with you forever. The titles are almost all direct quotes from the minutes of her trial 600 years ago. #GoodFriday

I watched the 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc last night on the plane from Juneau to Anchorage. I will always remember the moment I first saw this movie. The fact that something this spectacular was made gives humanity a reason for existing.

Rep. Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) talks about his childhood in Minnesota, the Coast Guard in Kodiak, & politics in the MatSu. Take a listen to the AK state Rep of a Trump +70 district. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg

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Mindy O’Neall is the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly Chair and the Executive Director of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center. Originally from Iowa, her journey to Alaska & into Fairbanks politics is a great story. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg

Congratulations to one of my best friends in the whole world Yarrow Silvers. She was elected to the Anchorage Assembly last night, & she’s going to do a tremendously good job. She, Anna Brawley, & I have been friends since before any of us ever dreamed of being electeds. #ancgov

When inmates are transferred to the hospital, they are often discharged from AK DOC custody. If they die, they may not be recorded as a "death in custody." When we talk about a record number of "deaths in custody," we are not talking about folks who die at the hospital. #akleg

Alaska Dept of Corrections officials are back today testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on in custody deaths- at least 67 deaths since 2020. The hearing began with testimony from family of William Farmer, 36 + Joshua Zimmerman, 33, still seeking answers from DOC on cause/manner of death

$50 billion is lost to wage theft annually - more than losses to robbery, burglary, & auto theft combined. When employers don't pay workers fairly, the workers rarely recover lost wages. We must change that. Testify on HB 97 WAGE THEFT on Wed, 1 pm. Call: 907-563-9085 #akleg

Alaska House votes to increase oversight and limit time for foster youth in psychiatric facilities, reports Corinne Smith, @corinne-smith.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/27/a... #akleg

House Bill 36 which protects foster kids from unnecessarily long stays in psychiatric facilities passed the House unanimously yesterday. Big thanks to Rep. Ruffridge, Rep. Tilton, & Rep. Tomaszewski for speaking in support. See highlights from the debate in clips below. (1/3) #akleg

The average cost of a newly constructed home in Anchorage today is $683,000 — 86% of Anchorage households cannot afford that! HB 13 seeks to incentivize •more rentals •of better quality •at lower cost Listen to my statement yesterday in Community & Regional Affairs. (1/2) #akleg

There are many ways to vote in the Anchorage election: mail your ballot, vote in person, or use a secure drop box (with or without this handy extendo-grabber thing to help!) Want to extend your reach? Remind friends & family: VOTE by 8pm Tues, April 1! Qs? muni.org/elections or 907-243-VOTE (8683)

Thanks to everyone who came to the HD20 Town Hall. My constituents spoke: they want more $ for public education & less chaos and pain dished out from DC. They value immigrants, federal workers, and the federal $$ on which AK depends. My charge is clear: keep up the fight. #akleg

Today! Please come.

Please join us TOMORROW, March 22nd 10:30 am - noon for a U-Med town hall. We will be at La Michoacana Ice Cream Shop, 2808 E Tudor Rd Unit #akleg

Please join us for the U-Med Legislative town hall this Saturday, March 22, from 10:30 am - noon at La Michoacana Ice Cream Shop, [2808 E Tudor Rd Unit 1 Anchorage AK 99507] #akleg