Yearly Archives: 2019
What next for Gillis? House Republicans must decide
Alaska House of Representative Republicans will meet during the first week of December to vote on the governor's nomination of Mel Gillis for House...
Movie Review: ‘Ford vs. Ferrari’ victory lap
By ART CHANCE
"Go like hell." That was Carroll Hall Shelby’s instruction to his driver, Ken Miles, at the 24 hours of Daytona, when Ford...
Breaking: Mel Gillis is governor’s pick for House District 25
Gov. Michael Dunleavy today announced that Mel Gillis is his pick to replace Josh Revak for House District 25. Gillis will have to be...
Jewish Cultural Gala brings out tuxes, sequins, and pols
The 60th annual Jewish Cultural Gala in Anchorage, honoring Alaska Pioneers Gloria and Perry Green, brought out 600 or more for an evening of...
Alaska’s $500 limit for campaigns working way through U.S. Supreme Court
WILL COURT PUT ALASKA ON THE SCHEDULE?
Alaska's extremely low campaign contribution limits of "$500 per candidate per-donor, per-year" are the subject of a lawsuit...
GOP gala committee blowing past ticket sales goals
With three weeks left before the Alaska Republican Party's Unity Gala, organizers say they're confident they'll blow past their goal of selling 500 tickets...
Juneau ponders its priorities
MORE CHILD CARE SUPPORT OR STREET CLEANING?
By WIN GRUENING
In what has historically been a rather lackluster and tedious process, this year’s City and Borough...
A governor under seige
By JIM DEMINT
In 2018, Alaska elected conservative state Sen. Michael Dunleavy as the state’s 12th governor. Dunleavy’s story is pretty straightforward: He legislated as...
Louisiana lesson for Alaska: Jungle primaries lead to this
A liberal Outside group wants Alaska to model its primary system in part after Louisiana’s jungle primary, an election design that has all candidates on...
Resigning, but optimistic
By BRUCE TANGEMAN
I know this message may be getting old for some, but many Alaskans have lost perspective on the positive position we find...