Yearly Archives: 2019

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'...

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...

Newly appointed Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission member Jessie Chmielowski flew through her interview with both the Alaska House and Senate Resources committees...

A new feature of Must Read Alaska: An almanac of atmospheric, geological, celestial, and other events around in Alaska, including that which makes our...

By WIN GRUENING SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR The recent agreement to resolve a long-running lawsuit between Cruise Lines International Association and the City and Borough of Juneau was...