In response to his Oath Keepers membership, Alaska House coalition seeks to remove Wasilla lawmaker from committees

Also: Gov. Dunleavy wants to link $175 million in funding for Anchorage and Mat-Su ports Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( [Anchorage Daily News]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Northrim Bank]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Monday, January 31. In today's newsletter: - A committee of the Alaska House of Representatives voted to remove Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, from legislative committees. - Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to link $175 million in funding for Anchorage and Mat-Su ports. It may be a tough sell. - Without action from lawmakers, triple the cash can flow into Alaska campaigns this year. This week's column from local historian David Reamer is devoted to answering reader questions: When was the first organized bicycle race in Alaska history? Why is an area of Anchorage near Abbott Road called Abbott Loop when Abbott Road does not loop? And what is the story behind the restaurant that was where the Eagle River Nature Center is today? [Read all the answers here.]( 🌤️ Anchorage weather Mostly sunny today, with a high near 17 degrees. Snow is in the forecast tomorrow, mainly in the late afternoon. High temperatures are expected to remain in the 20s through most of the week. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Elizabeth Harball, eharball@adn.com [Alaska House coalition will seek to remove Rep. David Eastman from legislative committees over Oath Keepers membership]( [Alaska House coalition will seek to remove Rep. David Eastman from legislative committees over Oath Keepers membership]( In a 5-2 vote, the House’s Committee on Committees voted early Monday to remove Eastman from legislative committees in response to his membership in the Oath Keepers, a far-right paramilitary organization whose leaders have been charged with seditious conspiracy during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. [Read More]( [Gov. Dunleavy wants to link $175 million in funding for Anchorage and Mat-Su ports. It may be a tough sell. ]( [Gov. Dunleavy wants to link $175 million in funding for Anchorage and Mat-Su ports. It may be a tough sell.]( Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing a funding injection to shore up Anchorage’s bustling Port of Alaska but linked with the nearly idle port five miles across Knik Arm in the governor’s home base of Mat-Su. The early-stage port funding proposal is already hitting challenges: no port authority exists, there are no immediate plans for Anchorage and Mat-Su assemblies to discuss it, and the general idea is already raising questions among key legislators. 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