Yearly Archives: 2018
The five steps to a gun-free society
IT'S EASY: FIRST CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION, THEN ENFORCE
March for Our Lives tapped into a fear of violent death, something no student should have to...
Divining data from the Anchorage mail-in election
NO EXCUSE FOR NOT VOTING, UNLESS YOU'RE 100
Rebecca Logan, the leading conservative candidate for Anchorage mayor, said she talked to a 100-year-old man over...
Dittman poll shows Dunleavy over Walker
A Dittman Research poll conducted between Feb. 26 and March 4 of 809 Alaskans asked several questions about the 2018 election for governor, and...
China tariff retaliation won’t affect Alaska salmon — yet
COULD AK-CHINA NATURAL GAS DEAL MAKE SEAFOOD A FUTURE TARGET?
Alaska seafood has escaped the growing trade war with China, for now.
Friday's announcement that China...
Senate Democrats stage walk out rather than vote on spending cap
Senate Democrats tried to weaken a key spending cap bill that was up for a vote on Friday, and when that didn't work, they...
Bridge video viewers blast governor
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz were featured in a Facebook interview by KTUU TV that was at once awkward and off-putting,...
Alaska projects, priorities in omnibus spending bill
NEW JAY HAMMOND WILDERNESS AREA
From the office of Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes this summary of Alaska-specific items in the Interior Department portion of the...
Amendments continue; state rights nixed by liberal majority
AMENDMENT #73 DIES ON CAUCUS LINES
The Alaska House of Representatives heard and rejected dozens of amendments over the past three days, adding some $211,000...
‘Fair Anchorage’ weaponized top cop in bathroom fight
AND CHIEF JUSTIN DOLL ISN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT
The group advocating a no vote on Proposition 1 used the image of Anchorage's top police officer...
Sturgeon case now tangled in state’s rights and Native rights
WALKER WADES IN TO CHANGE ANILCA
The Walker Administration has joined the Alaska Federation of Natives to advocate for amendments to historic Alaska land claims...