Yearly Archives: 2016

AGDC has initial plan drafted to ‘go it alone’

Suzanne Downing - July 15, 2016 0

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 is bully culprit, complaint says

Suzanne Downing - July 14, 2016 0

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...

Governor threatens candidates on official stationery

Suzanne Downing - July 13, 2016 0

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...

Perma-Fund hearings in Valley; Governor threatens property tax hikes

Suzanne Downing - July 13, 2016 0

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...

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...

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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

Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’

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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

Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’