Monthly Archives: April, 2019
Senate Finance approves $3,000 PFD
COMMITTEE ALSO MOVES TO BEEF UP PERMANENT FUND CORPUS
The Alaska Senate Finance Committee approved amendments boosting this year’s Permanent Fund dividend to about $3,000...
MRAK Almanac: Miss Amazing, Talkeetna Fly-In
April 26, 1899: In Dawson City, Yukon Territory, a devastating fire broke out when a saloon caught fire in the middle of a strike by...
Dunleavy apologizes to Fish Board nominee for ‘appalling’ behavior of lawmaker
Gov. Michael Dunleavy on Tuesday sent a letter to retired Superior Court Judge Karl Johnstone, expressing his regret that the Legislature didn't confirm his...
The Marines are coming: Commandant nominee, with Sen. Dan Sullivan
Must Read Alaska has learned that David H. Berger, the incoming Commandant of the Marine Corps, will be visiting Alaska this week with U.S....
Review: ‘Learning the Ropes’ by Mike Gordon
'Mountain Mike" Gordon has penned the ultimate bad-boy-finds-redemption story in his rollicking Alaska memoir, Learning the Ropes.
He was an Eagle Scout. His family was in...
Poll: Murkowski, Sullivan both up with voters
SULLIVAN NOT SEEN AS VULNERABLE IN 2020
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has been in the U.S. Senate since 2002 is still popular among Alaska voters,...
Poll: Dunleavy has net positive of 13 percent
In the latest quarterly poll of how governors are doing, the polling company Morning Consult says that 42 percent of Alaskans approve of the...
Joe Biden picks up big endorsement — Michael Avenatti
Former Vice President Joe Biden announced his 2020 bid for president on Thursday morning. He can already count on one vote: disgraced celebrity lawyer Michael...
Murkowski tours DMZ in Korea, visits Vietnam
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has returned from a trip to South Korea and Vietnam with Senate members, where she visited the Demilitarized Zone, discussed energy...
Anchorage Assembly passes 2019 budget revision: Another $5.7 million
DYSON, KENNEDY DISSENT ON TAX-SPEND PLAN
The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday passed the first quarter revisions to the 2019 budget approved in November.
It’s an increase of...