Monthly Archives: August, 2016
Shoddy reporting on immigrants, taxes
REPORT AND REPORTERS STUDIOUSLY IGNORE FACTS
The Partnership for a New American Economy report released this week breathlessly touting the financial contributions of immigrants to our...
Fish and Wildlife takes 77 million acres
STATE STAYS SILENT WHILE FEDS TAKE CONTROL
It's our land, the feds say. And with the swoosh of a pen, another 77 million acres is now off...
Uh-oh: LNG heading for China from Louisiana
HOW WILL THIS IMPACT ALASKA'S LNG MARKET?
As Alaska ponders the quickly changing global market for liquified natural gas (LNG), Asia has always been the...
Bright, shiny objects: Public Assistance office closes
FLOODING CLOSES OFFICES...INDEFINITELY
As of Aug. 1, the Muldoon Office of Public Assistance at the Muldoon Mall in Anchorage, has been closed until further notice. The closure...
Marijuana Control Board member dumped by Walker
BRUCE SCHULTE SHOWN THE DOOR
Republican activist, pilot, and marijuana legalization advocate Bruce Schulte received his pink slip from Gov. Bill Walker on Friday.
Schulte is...
Alaska Business Report Card
The Alaska Business Report Card released its annual grades publicly today. Lawmakers received them on Friday. Here are how legislators scored:
The report is issued every two...
Governor targets Nageak through surrogate hit squad
BELOVED LEGISLATOR OPPOSED BY WALKER & COMPANY
Lawyer Robin Brena is hosting a fundraiser tonight to raise cash to replace Reps. Benjamin Piniqluk Nageak, D-Barrow, and Bob Herron, D-Bethel, with...