Monthly Archives: May, 2017
Straight Outta Juneau: Won’t back down on income tax
'WE WON'T LEAVE UNTIL WE TAX YOU':
One week from tomorrow, pink slips will go out to 20,000 or more state employees. They are being...
Budgets, taxes, and other addictions
If it seems quiet this week in legislative news, that's because the focus is on negotiations taking place in conference committees on several of the...
Homer recall election goes forward, says judge
The recall election in Homer, Alaska may proceed, according to an Anchorage Superior Court judge.
The lawsuit by three Homer City Council members, who sought to...
Sen. Sullivan gets grilled by left-leaning mob at town hall
COMMENTARY AND OBSERVATIONS: LOTS OF BERNIE VOTERS
The auditorium at Bartlett High School was filled and the crowd lined the walls for Sen. Dan Sullivan's Anchorage town...
Light at the end of the tunnel? That’s a train
OUR SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR PONDERS THE GAME OF CHICKEN
By ART CHANCE
To no one’s surprise, there was no budget at the end of the regular legislative session...
Tailings of two cities: Juneau and Treadwell
By WIN GRUENING, SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
For those who regularly read this column, you may be familiar with my use of Charles Dickens’ references. In A...
Homer recall case gets new judge — again
The fourth time is a charm.
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Erin Marston is the fourth judge appointed to hear a case brought by three Homer City...
Rep. Foster ditched conference committee for Kentucky Derby party
CO-CHAIR OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE LEFT JUNEAU TO PARTY
Conference committees are where horse trading gets done on bills that end up with two different versions --...
Walker doubles down on income tax, but won’t offer it himself
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker not only called the Legislature immediately into a special session last night, he insisted that lawmakers consider an income tax,...
Protesters yell at Sullivan, embrace Murkowski, shame-fest at Capitol
TALE OF TWO TOWNHALLS
Sen. Dan Sullivan hosted a townhall meeting in the Interior on May 12, which is something that the Indivisible Alaska group and...