Monthly Archives: July, 2017
Heads and Tails: Tuck loses union election, ENI gets green light
TUCK COMES UP SHORT ON UNION VOTE: Rep. Chris Tuck has been running for election, but not for his District 23 House seat. He...
The grilling of the Indian Health Service chief
"I cannot believe what has transpired here today," said an incredulous Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, speaking to the interim director of the Indian Health Service.
"All I want...
Wilted: Newspaper companies bargaining for their lives
By CRAIG MEDRED
CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS
Every thinking American wants quality journalism, but who defines what qualifies?
The country’s media elite now think they should be the arbiter. The elite...
House majority has new idea on oil tax reform: Kill oil industry
VERSION X - WILL IT CHILL INVESTMENT?
The conference committee on House Bill 111 was scheduled to meet in Juneau today at 3 pm, but...
Bathroom safety petition in final days for signatures
The bathroom wars continue in Anchorage, as elsewhere. Today, it's all about gathering signatures to allow voters to decide next April whether the city...
Groundhog Day in Alaska politics with ‘me too’ press conference
By ELWOOD BREHMER
ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
It might be the peak of summer, but it feels a lot more like Groundhog Day in Alaska...
Rogoff vs. reporters: Outtakes from oral arguments
Ironically, the first thing Alaska Dispatch News publisher Alice Rogoff's lawyers did this afternoon was to try to have reporters thrown out of the courtroom.
Rogoff's lawyer, David Gross,...
Heads and Tails: Health care bailout for Alaska
FEDERAL TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR ALASKA'S HEALTH INSURANCE
U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski commended the Trump Administration for granting the State of Alaska an "Innovation Waiver" under the Affordable Care...
Dog days of campaigning: Gov. Walker’s fake salary reduction
SLUSH FUND: Gov. Bill Walker last year said he would cut his own salary by one third, starting July 1, 2017. This would save the...
Full court press on Alaska delegation over Obamacare
HERE COME THE UNION-BACKED ADS: Save My Care, the union-backed group fighting changes to Obamacare, is launching a "seven-figure TV ad buy" targeting Alaska, Nevada, Maine...