Monthly Archives: June, 2017
Where have all the leaders gone? Long time passing
OUR SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR LOOKS FOR SPINE IN POLITICIANS
By ART CHANCE
Hat tip to Peter, Paul, and Mary.
Let’s go back to the 1970s. Before the Prudhoe Bay lease...
House Majority has lost. They just don’t know it yet.
ANDREW JENSEN
ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
Here’s hoping House Speaker Bryce Edgmon hasn’t gotten too attached to his gavel.
The once high-riding Democrat-led Majority in the...
Alaska: Richest state to ever go broke
PERMANENT FUND REACHING HISTORIC MILESTONE
The Alaska Permanent Fund is about to make history again.
The international investment market is strong, the Fund's portfolio is robust....
Dividend applicant numbers hold steady
Some 670,407 individuals applied for the 2017 Permanent Fund dividend, according to the Alaska Permanent Fund Division. The number of applicants this year is down slightly...
Governor says he ‘can’t amend’ agenda for session — huh?
'IT'S NOT WITHIN MY POWER'
Gov. Bill Walker held a brief press conference today to discuss the progress of the special session and the impending...
Is Juneau’s Justin Parish Alaska’s Kathy Griffin?
There's something not right about Rep. Justin Parish of Juneau. He's prone to theatrics, but has he finally gone too far?
On a Monday KINY radio...
What if oil spill didn’t hurt a Prince William Sound fisheries?
OTHER REASONS SURFACE FOR HERRING DECLINE
By CRAIG MEDRED
CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS
Almost 30 years after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef and smeared Prince William...
Income tax isn’t needed because this is a false crisis
By SCOTT HAWKINS
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
Gov. Bill Walker and the House Democrats are promoting a false crisis in order to enact a very bad solution.
They want...
Newest astronauts include Alaska’s own Robb Kulin
A record-breaking number of applicants, some 18,300 of them, sought to be part of this year's NASA astronaut class. Twelve made the cut. One is from...
Haines activists turn in recall petition, await decision
KEEPING IT WEIRD IN HAINES POLITICS
A petition for a recall of three Haines Assembly members has been submitted to the clerk of the Haines Borough.
Clerk Julie...