Monthly Archives: April, 2017
Sticker shock: Anchorage Assembly hikes property taxes 5.3 percent
LARGEST BUDGET IN ANCHORAGE HISTORY
The Anchorage Assembly raised property taxes by 5.3 percent on Tuesday night. At the same time, the Assembly passed the largest...
Taxing discovery: Thousands of Alaskans using state income tax calculator
EVEN YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY IS GOING TO BE TAXED
The Senate Majority's State Income Tax Calculator has been used more than 60,000 times in the...
Playground fire, arson convention, and two teens cooling their heels
And it happened that two teenagers set fire to a beloved playground structure in Juneau -- while a convention of about 40 fire and arson investigators...
Breaking: ACLU, council members sue Homer over recall election
According to three city council members in Homer, Alaska, it's not up to voters to decide if they are "unfit for office." It's up to the...
A novel idea: Let the voters decide
By WIN GRUENING, SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
As the Alaska Legislature winds down to its 120-day constitutionally set window, most of us are focused on what is happening...
Alaska’s longest-serving nun dies; spent 60 years serving poor in Western Alaska
You might not have had the privilege of meeting Little Sister of Jesus Marie Josephe Brin, unless you spent time in Nome or Little...
Alaska’s budget and you: A few hard facts
BY NICK BEGICH, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR
Anchorage was recently rated as the Hardest Working City in America among 116 of the nation’s largest cities.
The ranking was determined...
Bedbugs, comfort cats, transgender toilets — all end up at Rights Commission
WHY THE APPOINTMENT OF DREW PHOENIX MATTERS
It was about the bedbugs. And yes, it was about the cats.
Bedbugs, three cats, some possibly developmentally challenged children, a...
Someone has to blink or we shut this government down
OUR MOST CANTANKEROUS CONTRIBUTOR THINKS ABOUT THE 'S' WORD
By ART CHANCE
Allow me to engage in a fantasy where once again I’m the State’s director of...
Earth Day quiz: Which of these predictions came true?
Listen up, all you illiterates: The theme for this year's Earth Day is Environmental and Climate Change Literacy. There will be a quiz.
If you...