
James Brooks Cascade 🗞️
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State reporter for @alaskabeacon, formerly @adndotcom, @juneauempire, @newsminer and @kodiakmirror. He/him.
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The Alaska Beacon || bsky @alaskabeacon.com is again preparing a questionnaire for candidates for the August primary. Between now and May 21, we will be gathering questions from Alaskans. What would you like to hear from candidates for Congress and Legislature as they compete for votes? #akleg


Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong, writes editor-in-chief Andrew Kitchenman (Andrew Kitchenman). Along with the staff, support from readers makes it happen: alaskabeacon.com/2024/05/10/two… #akleg


Thank you to everyone who responded over the past week with support for the Alaska Beacon || bsky @alaskabeacon.com. Your contributions will make a meaningful difference in our ability to produce independent journalism. If you didn't already give, you can still donate here: alaskabeacon.com/donate/ #akleg

Alaska Beacon aims to inform voters this year by asking candidates what Alaskans want to know, writes editor Andrew Kitchenman (Andrew Kitchenman): alaskabeacon.com/2024/05/17/ala… #akleg

Back from an Alaska road trip and my first contributing-writer piece for The Walrus published while I was away. I wrote about the closure of The Whitehorse Star, my time there as a reporter, and the importance of local news. thewalrus.ca/whitehorse-dai…

A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging a South African man with assaulting three people with medical scissors while aboard a cruise ship. FBI Anchorage justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/sou…


Alaska Supreme Court confirms: ‘Hoverboard dentist’ is banned from dentistry in Alaska, reports James Brooks (James Brooks Cascade 🗞️) of the Alaska Beacon || bsky @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2024/05/24/ala…


I wouldn't dare rob David Reamer of that fun






NEW EPISODE 🎙️ Before Nevadans vote on Question 3, how has ranked choice voting worked in other states? Have there been hiccups? Do voters like it? Veteran political reporters Gregg Lagerquist and James Brooks Cascade 🗞️ join to chat about RCV in Maine and Alaska. Listen: bit.ly/3SLKuYT

