Monthly Archives: June, 2016
Curious timing on Fitch rating change
LOWERS RATING IN MIDDLE OF KEY HEARING
In the middle of House Finance hearings on a bright Tuesday morning in Juneau, State of Alaska Revenue...
SB 128 likely to sink in House
GOVERNOR WALKER CAN PADDLE, BUT CAN HE CUT?
The sticking point: Democrats and the Governor-They-Created have been unwilling to cut the budget this year. Republicans are getting the...
What will Mayor Sullivan decide this week?
DAN SULLIVAN WEIGHS CHOICE
Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan might be thinking at this moment: "Which Door to Destiny do I walk through?"
On June 1,...
SB 128: Imperfect solution, but at least a solution
ALASKA, THIS IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT
We are in a recession.
There – we acknowledged the grenade on the table. Now, to explain:
In the best of all possible...
Political theater falls flat for Lindbeck
FIRST STAB AT POLITICAL RELEVANCE
Did candidate Steve Lindbeck receive his Screen Actors Guild card? What with all the theater he's engaged in lately, he should go...
Chronic absenteeism: Alaska students take second
GO BIG OR GO HOME?
Alaska goes big when it comes to school nonattendance.
While the national average of chronic school absenteeism was 13 percent in the...
Library, Museum opening: ‘Welcome, all you foreigners’
What was missing during the ceremony
Among the 10 speakers who welcomed a few hundred Juneau residents to the grand opening of the Father Andrew P....
Who’s running: Senate & House
Senate and House seats
The filing deadline is in the rearview mirror. Here are the candidates who have lined up to run for Alaska Senate and...
Governor: Frustrated beyond belief
PICTURE OF INEFFECTIVENESS
The governor is frustrated.
Governor Bill Walker is so frustrated he would not meet with Senate President Kevin Meyer or House Speaker Mike...