Yearly Archives: 2017
Which fundraiser will Gabby go to?
NO NATURAL HOME ON THE RANGE: Both Democrats and Republicans have fundraisers in Juneau tonight, and the buzz around the Capitol is -- where...
Inauguration and other hot tickets
ARE YOU GOING? GET IN TOUCH: Alaskans heading back to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump will join hundreds of thousands...
Gillam comes to defense of small businesses in Alaska
OPPOSES INCOME TAX: Robert Gillam doesn't exactly know where an income tax proposal might come from during the 30th Alaska Legislature, which convenes this week in...
One acre is newest reservation in Alaska
On Friday, Jan. 13, a small parcel of land in Craig, Alaska became the latest Native American reservation: One acre of Indian Country.
It is the first Alaska...
Spending cap petition runs into tax-and-spend litigants
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yeild , and government to gain ground."
We might quibble with Thomas Jefferson on the spelling of...
Thank God for the babies, Alaska
BABY IT'S OLD OUT THERE: Bring on the babies. If not for them, Alaska would be losing population. We're getting older as a population,...
Book review: Memory and Revolution
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution, by Alfred Young. Beacon Press
How did a revolution take hold among ordinary colonists who...
Murkowski, Sullivan vote on step to repeal Obamacare
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan tonight voted for a measure allowing the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) through the budget...
What happens if we don’t inflation-proof the Permanent Fund?
THE GHOST OF RASMUSONS PAST: Alaska pioneer banker Elmer Rasmuson once noted that inflation is the "thief in the night."
The first chairman of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation said...
Bright, shiny objects: Hiring freezes and other cold things
NEW CAMPAIGN STAFF IN GOVERNOR'S OFFICE? Gov. Bill Walker last year put in place a hiring freeze, but this year he carved out a special...