Yearly Archives: 2017
UAA punked: ‘It’s okay to be white’ counseling offered
The University of Alaska Anchorage is one of many colleges around the country where a cryptic five-word flyer has been found on campus, proclaiming...
Walker strikes a deal with Sinopec, Bank of China, China Investment Corp
THE MONEY THE CHINESE OFFER? $43 BILLION
Governor Bill Walker tonight will brief the Alaska Legislature on a deal he has struck with the...
Big reveal: Alaska gasline deal is on with China
GOVERNOR TO BRIEF LEGISLATURE TONIGHT
Governor Bill Walker will brief the Alaska Legislature on the deal he has signed with the People's Republic of China....
Sheldon Fisher: ‘We owe the credits’ to oil companies
AND BY 'OWE,' HE MEANS ...
For the past three years, the Walker Administration has paid only lip service to a huge debt owed to...
Jerry Nankervis files for House seat in Juneau
A longtime member of the Juneau Assembly filed a letter of intent with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to run for House District 34,...
Big per diem elephant: Executive branch
Every fiscal hawk is looking for cuts to State government. Sometimes those cuts are right in front of a legislator -- on a plate...
Quote of the day: Pitney on Walker payroll tax
"Again we are looking at a way to provide fiscal certainty, connect the economy to the state services received, get significant fiscal certainty. But...
MAGA: Ward, Scoresby named to Agriculture posts in Alaska
Jerry Ward, a former state senator from Southcentral, has been named the state director for rural development in Alaska at the Department of Agriculture.
Ward...
Snowflakery: Gender discrimination training mandatory before UA admissions
CLIFF NOTES: MEN ARE INHERENTLY BAD
If you didn't take the training before Oct. 31, signing up for spring classes at the University of Alaska...
House finishes work on crime bill, back to Senate
At exactly 1 am Tuesday, and on a vote of 32-8, the Alaska House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 54, which reimposes harsher penalties...