Yearly Archives: 2017
Dems target Alaska Native woman lawmaker
In a ironic turn of events, Alaska Democrats are now attacking a Native Alaska woman lawmaker for not voting to censure a fellow lawmaker for insensitive...
Senate votes down an income tax
It's been a disastrous week for Gov. Bill Walker. His natural gas pipeline project was gutted by the Alaska Senate, when it removed half...
Due process: Pebble, EPA come to terms on lawsuit
The Pebble Partnership and the Environmental Protection Agency have kissed and made up: Pebble will be allowed to enter the permitting process under the Clean...
Tuesday night fights: Demboski-1, Governor-0; Senate pays tax credits
GOV, YOU'VE BEEN DEMBOSKIED - Gov. Bill Walker attended the Anchorage Assembly meeting on Tuesday and spoke to the municipal body for a several minutes, making his...
Gasline woes: Senate strips $50 million from agency
The Alaska Senate just found $50 million to help defray the state's fiscal gap, at least this year. It's at AGDC, the gasline agency.
While...
In Democrat House, vote how they tell you to, or it’s ‘hate speech’
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS MAY HURT FEELINGS
The writer Evelyn Beatrice Hall in Friends of Voltaire wrote, " I disapprove of what you say, but I will...
Briefs: Pageant, Derby, conference committee, governor’s race
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB 26 CAN WAIT: The talk of the town last weekend was the annual Kentucky Derby Party in Anchorage at Simon...
Outdoors group pans Board of Game appointment
LINNELL IS ON RECORD FOR SHARED MANAGEMENT OF GAME: The Alaska Outdoor Council is opposing Gov. Bill Walker's appointment to the Board of Game. She...
Democrats try another new tax gambit; Senate holds firm
The end-game is afoot in Juneau. Hang onto your wallet, as Gov. Bill Walker and the Democrats are gunning hard for an income tax with just one...
Juneau divide: Republicans and Democrats
OUR MOST CHARMING LABOR RELATIONS NEGOTIATOR RECALLS JUNEAU DAYS
By ART CHANCE
I lived in Juneau from 1984 until late 2010 and for most of that time...