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Yearly Archives: 2016

DOT to privatize all design work

A Dec. 15 memo from the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities commissioner tells his workforce to brace themselves for a sea change: Marc Luiken explained...

Obama completes his Arctic shutdown

  OBAMA WAS GAMING WALKER IN 2015 In hindsight, perhaps President Barack Obama's visit to Alaska in 2015 was the worst thing ever for the state's economy....

Electors don’t go rogue in Alaska

In the end, several electors across the country went rogue. But in spite of the anti-Trump protests, liberal media hype, and the "fake news" reports...

Dems hire executive director with a past

DEPARTMENT OF SALACIOUS: Kay Brown has retired after five years leading the Alaska Democratic Party as executive director. Before that she was the communication director,...

Governor kicks Juneau’s road down the can

WALKER CAVED By Win GRUENING Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s recent decision to take no action on the Juneau Access Project certainly might have some people dancing...

Governor’s budget strips fund that pays Permanent Fund Dividends

JAY HAMMOND'S VISION OF PERMANENT FUND MAY BE ON VERGE OF SUNSETTING Gov. Bill Walker's $6.06 billion operating budget (unrestricted and designated funds combined) uses the...

Alaskans get coal in their stockings, no road to their capital

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch You really are a heel, You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch, You're a...

Alaska electors get sued by single Clinton voter

A last-ditch effort to stop the election of President-elect Donald Trump is underway in the U.S. District Court of Anchorage, with a lawsuit filed...

Zinke to Interior: Worrisome for Alaska?

President-elect Donald Trump may be nominating a Secretary of the Interior shortly: Congressman Ryan Zinke of Montana. The official announcement has not yet been made,...

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