Monthly Archives: July, 2016

Indian Country just days away

Suzanne Downing - July 12, 2016 0

GOVERNOR HAS UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY; WILL HE USHER IN INDIAN COUNTRY? Using his veto authority, Governor Bill Walker last week pulled the plug on Citizens' Advisory Commission on...

Walkerville’s shadow government at AGDC

Suzanne Downing - July 11, 2016 0

GASLINE AGENCY IS NOW THE SAME AS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE Governor Bill Walker has established a shadow government: the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. AGDC, created to carry the State...

Juneau Band Camp

Suzanne Downing - July 11, 2016 0

VETO OVERRIDES? The Alaska Legislature gavels in for special session No. 5 today. The Senate convenes at 11 am, and the House at 1 pm. House Finance...

Hillary silent on gun control, for once

Suzanne Downing - July 9, 2016 0

TOO AWFUL TO POLITICIZE - YET The tragic slaughter of five Dallas police officers on Thursday evening was a departure from the usual. It was a gunman with...

Craig Richards, governor’s newest contractor

Suzanne Downing - July 8, 2016 0

ATTORNEY GENERAL SLIDES BACK INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT Craig Richards was Alaska's attorney general one minute, and gone the next. Citing personal reasons, on June 23 Richards simply...

Alaska oil production up, thanks to SB 21

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR - July 7, 2016 0

THAT'S GREAT; NOW LET'S DO IT AGAIN In the way-back machine, we check back to 1978: U.S. Senate voted to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control. Congress voted to allow...

Vice President Sullivan?

Suzanne Downing - July 7, 2016 0

SULLIVAN IS BUSY WORKING FOR ALASKA While People Magazine is speculating on U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan as a possible vice presidential candidate, Alaska's senator has been...

Recall Walker? Careful what you wish for

Suzanne Downing - July 6, 2016 0

JOE MILLER AIMS, COULD GET A HOLE IN ONE At least three different efforts have been launched in the Facebook universe to recall Gov. Bill Walker. Only one has...

Best political float: Lynn Gattis for Senate

Suzanne Downing - July 5, 2016 0

HAY BALES, MINIONS, AND A WHOLE LOT OF LAUGHS If there was a better politically themed float in a Fourth of July parade this year in Alaska,...

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Bob Griffin: Why aren’t teachers more upset?

Justice’s health care fraud takedown nets 324 in $14.6 billion crackdown — the largest in history

Gas tax in Washington state goes up — again