Monthly Archives: April, 2017
Dispatch searches for its digital roots
STOP THE PRESSES
The Alaska Dispatch News newspaper enterprise started out as the homegrown Alaska Dispatch internet news startup, with scrappy Amanda Coyne and brooding Tony Hopfinger...
Environmental group sues over Alaska predator control rollback
WOLF AND BEAR PROTECTIONS -- STATE OR FEDERAL MANAGEMENT?
No sooner was the ink dry on House Joint Resolution 69, rolling back Obama-era prohibitions on predator control across...
Don Young files for 24th term in Congress
True to his word, Congressman Don Young filed for re-election yesterday in Anchorage. If successful in November, 2018, he would serve an historic 24th...
Severed head of a president and other indignities of art
ART CRITIC
If University of Alaska Anchorage artist Thomas Chung wanted to be famous, someone call his mom: He's finally done it. He's getting his...
Fifteen years later, Sen. Kelly still standing against income tax
IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN
Fifteen years ago, the Alaska House of Representatives passed HB-303, income tax legislation to make up for a budget shortfall of...
Eastman accuses LeDoux of threatening Reinbold with campaign cash
Two state representatives are saying that a third has acted improperly on the House floor, threatening to withhold campaign cash if a member didn't vote...
Recall fever spreads to Haines, Alaska
Homer conservatives aren't the only ones working to recall members of their city council. The Adventure Capital of Alaska now faces the possible recall...
House Democrats’ press conference crashed by angry Gabby
The House Democrat majority press conference today started out as predicted, with statements from the four participants that were crystal clear: The Senate must...
Events: Pillars of Freedom Brandon Stone, Miners Ball, Mimosas, Cinco de Mayo
UPCOMING EVENTS OF NOTE
April 19, 12 pm, Juneau Glacier Valley Rotary Pillars of Freedom speaker series with Brandon Stone,
at Centennial Hall Convention Center. Stone is a former...
Alaska Senate Majority rolls out a tax calculator so Alaskans can ‘do the math’
HOUSE TAX PLAN GOES 'FULL BERNIE'
The Alaska Senate Majority today rolled out a handy tax calculator so Alaskans can see how much they'd pay...