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One acre is newest reservation in Alaska

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On Friday, Jan. 13, a small parcel of land in Craig, Alaska became the latest Native American reservation: One acre of Indian Country. It is the first Alaska...

Spending cap petition runs into tax-and-spend litigants

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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yeild , and government to gain ground." We might quibble with Thomas Jefferson on the spelling of...

Thank God for the babies, Alaska

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BABY IT'S OLD OUT THERE: Bring on the babies. If not for them, Alaska would be losing population. We're getting older as a population,...

Book review: Memory and Revolution

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The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution, by Alfred Young. Beacon Press How did a revolution take hold among ordinary colonists who...

Murkowski, Sullivan vote on step to repeal Obamacare

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  U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan tonight voted for a measure allowing the Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) through the budget...

What happens if we don’t inflation-proof the Permanent Fund?

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THE GHOST OF RASMUSONS PAST: Alaska pioneer banker Elmer Rasmuson once noted that inflation is the "thief in the night." The first chairman of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation said...

Bright, shiny objects: Hiring freezes and other cold things

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NEW CAMPAIGN STAFF IN GOVERNOR'S OFFICE? Gov. Bill Walker last year put in place a hiring freeze, but this year he carved out a special...

Stuck in Gov. Walker’s no-road world

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TAKE A CHILL PILL, WEARY TRAVELER. THIS IS GOING TO BE A WHILE: After being pinned down by weather for three days, the Alaska Marine...

Long live the Electoral College

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By WIN GRUENING In the weeks following America’s historic presidential election, Trump detractors continue to offer reasons why Hillary Clinton lost. Yet the litany of excuses...
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