Monthly Archives: May, 2018

The borough manager of Mat-Su is asking the Assembly to approve a resolution that some say is a stealth endorsement of the "Yes for...

The House and Senate passed the final version of the State's operating budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. Now, adjournment is just...

Quintillion, a relatively new company in the wild-wild world of fiber-optic telecommunication business in Alaska, was in the news this week. Like telecommunications itself, it...

BEGICH SIGHTINGS Mark Begich was in Juneau last week and met with the governor and lieutenant governor, although there was a great deal of question...

House Finance Committee, led by Rep. Paul Seaton, is looking to stuff some $87 million more in the Capital budget today -- these are...

POWERFUL, RUTHLESS POLITICS, AND MEDIA NEGLIGENCE The Anchorage mayoral race might not have been decided by media coverage, but the media certainly played a role....

REFORMING SB 91, THE JUSTICE REFORM BILL A section in the controversial Senate Bill 91 that had that low- to moderate-risk defendants released without bail...

https://youtu.be/g5pELXSEtGo (Update: The above video is my acceptance of his apology.) This is what happens when you poke the liberal dragon. Assembly District 1 is represented...

CUTTING THE LEGS OUT FROM UNDER CRAFT TASTING ROOMS BY ANDREW JENSEN ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Chronicling political hypocrisy is typically no more difficult than shooting...

By WIN GRUENING SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR Local governments build their budgets around adopted lists of priorities and community concerns. While most of us agree that education and...