Monthly Archives: March, 2019
Protesters notwithstanding…
THE SHOW MUST GO ON: BUDGET DIALOGUE AT 49TH STREET BREWERY
As expected, about 300 pro-tax, anti-Permanent Fund dividend Alaskans chanted and ranted, grandstanded and...
Tick tock: Did you file for your Permanent Fund dividend?
DEADLINE APPROACHES SUNDAY
As of Wednesday morning, 515,850 people had filed for a 2019 Permanent Fund dividend -- that's roughly 70 percent of Alaska's total...
No deal: Murkowski, Sullivan vote against ‘Green New Deal’
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan today voted against what they described as costly and impractical "Green New Deal," a resolution introduced in...
University president: Resign ourselves to economic recession?
It's not clear if University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen was engaging in irony, has simply resigned himself to a bleak future for the...
House fails to override Trump veto on wall
REP. DON YOUNG VOTES TO SUPPORT PRESIDENT
The U.S. House of Representatives has failed to override President Donald Trump's veto of a Democrat-led attempt to block...
Now it’s Dunleavy’s turn
TAKING IT TO THE PUBLIC SQUARE THIS WEEK
The weekend belonged to the House Majority, with hearings around the state on the governor’s proposed budget.
This...
Breaking: Sturgeon wins Supreme Court, 9-0 on river access
ANILCA RULES THE DAY IN FAVOR OF ACCESS
Hunter John Sturgeon has been battling for 12 years and has spent $1.2 million to defend Alaskans'...
Rules for Republicans on the ‘hearings war’
WITH APOLOGIES TO SAUL ALINSKY
By ART CHANCE
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
Over the last decade or so, Republicans have acquired some awareness of Saul Alinsky and his 1971...
Chmielowski sails through legislative interviews
Newly appointed Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission member Jessie Chmielowski flew through her interview with both the Alaska House and Senate Resources committees...
MRAK Almanac: Pilot alert, HAARP tests ahead
A new feature of Must Read Alaska: An almanac of atmospheric, geological, celestial, and other events around in Alaska, including that which makes our...