Yearly Archives: 2016

271 WORDS AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is on parallel with the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution in its...

WOULD FORM NEW COMPANY, OWNED BY AGDC The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation may not want to call its new plan a "go-it-alone" strategy, but it definitely has the...

GOVERNOR APOLOGIZES In a quickly issued apology, Gov. Bill Walker yesterday walked back his threats against lawmakers and candidates, in which he had stated that he...

WALKER'S CODE LANGUAGE CLEAR: 'MY WAY OR HIGHWAY' Alaska Gov. Bill Walker today issued a press release threatening both sitting legislators and candidates if they do...

THRILLA IN WASILLA If it's Wednesday of this week, and you're in the Mat-Su Valley, you'll want to pop into Wasilla. The action happens at the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...