Monthly Archives: October, 2017
Sunday morning best: ‘There’s no truth’
"What the Kelly exchange proved to me the day before is there is no truth to be found anywhere in the (White House) press...
Mallott to Alaskans: We need taxes, or we’ll be a colony
In an opinion placed in the Alaska Dispatch News, Alaska's lieutenant governor makes the case for taxing the working class in Alaska. His opinion is...
Survey: Anchorage wants your opinion on homelessness
'CONDESCENDING AND MANIPULATIVE'
You'll never find this survey online because it's so well hidden, even though it is sponsored by United Way, The Anchorage Coalition...
State: Edge of marsh created by railroad now needs protection
The State of Alaska is trying to purchase 2.2 acres of land along the edge of Potter Marsh in Anchorage. The area to be...
Attorney General gives OK to 229 sovereign tribal governments
COULD MAKE GOVERNING COMPLICATED
Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth has spoken, and it's changing Alaska fundamentally in a way not seen since the Alaska Native Claims...
Quote of the day: Rep. Tuck says budget cuts led to crime
“Unfortunately, the success of the criminal justice reform provisions in Senate Bill 91 has been hampered by continued ill-advised budget cuts. This resulted in...
Heard on the Street: Dubke’s back?
Word is out that Gov. Bill Walker's Chief of Staff Scott Kendall is working on getting his former boss, Mike Dubke, a contract with...
Opening ANWR tied to tax reform
MURKOWSKI POSITIONED TO GET THE 51 VOTES NEEDED
ROBERT DILLON / COMMENTARY
The Senate on Thursday adopted a budget resolution for the coming fiscal year that...
Quote of the Week: Walker says budget not ‘bloated’
"Show us where it's bloated."
- Alaska Gov. Bill Walker at Alaska Federation of Natives on Thursday, saying the state's budget is not bloated.
Here's an...
Opioid addiction: Murkowski, Warren scold Trump on inaction
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren have written a scolding and public letter to President Trump for not having declared a national emergency...