Yearly Archives: 2019

A couple of hundred protesters spent early Saturday afternoon at the Capitol, chanting, "Fund Our Teachers," and "Save Our Schools." It's the same basic chant...

OOPS ... MARIJUANA IS SHOWING UP IN YOUR URINE SAMPLE Workers testing positive for drugs hit a 14-year high in 2018, according to a report...

On April 10, employees at Usibelli Coal Mine had worked 798 consecutive days without a single lost time accident, setting a new record for...

Alaskans who receive $76 per month in senior benefits will not receive those benefits in May or June due to insufficient funding, the Department...

NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, BUT STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION The Alaska Psychiatric Institute has had its accreditation renewed for psychiatric care from The Joint...

A budget amendment to stop state funding for abortions passed the House Finance Committee early this month. Today, the House passed the budget with that...

SCOTT KENDALL USED HEARSAY TO DESTROY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER In House State Affairs Committee today, former Gov. Bill Walker's chief of staff pilloried the reputation...

AND FORMER WALKER EXECUTIVES REPUDIATE SCOTT KENDALL'S ALLEGATIONS The union that represents public safety employees across the state of Alaska swarmed the Capitol to push...

ALSO, DEMOCRAT-LED MAJORITY SIDE-STEPS VOTING ON PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND Alaska's attorney general has sent a letter to the House and Senate saying that that binding...

DEPARTING BOARD MEMBERS TRIED ONE LAST THING The top two board members of the Alaska Human Rights Commission offered their resignations early this week. But...