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Yearly Archives: 2016

Book Review: Crisis of Character

CRISIS OF CHARACTER: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate. By Gary Byrne. Gary Byrne was...

State suspends Medicaid inflation adjustments

 SLOW-ROLL MEDICAID EXPANSION MELTDOWN The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has, for the second year in a row, suspended inflation pay increases to Medicaid providers. Payment rates remain...

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...

Colver caught partying while others work

INCUMBENT IN THE MIDDLE IN NOME DURING REGULAR SESSION In March, a lot of work was being done by legislators at the Capitol in Juneau. It was the...

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