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Rogoff vs. reporters: Outtakes from oral arguments

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Ironically, the first thing Alaska Dispatch News publisher Alice Rogoff's lawyers did this afternoon was to try to have reporters thrown out of the courtroom. Rogoff's lawyer, David Gross,...

Heads and Tails: Health care bailout for Alaska

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FEDERAL TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR ALASKA'S HEALTH INSURANCE U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski commended the Trump Administration for granting the State of Alaska an "Innovation Waiver" under the Affordable Care...

Dog days of campaigning: Gov. Walker’s fake salary reduction

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SLUSH FUND: Gov. Bill Walker last year said he would cut his own salary by one third, starting July 1, 2017. This would save the...

Full court press on Alaska delegation over Obamacare

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HERE COME THE UNION-BACKED ADS: Save My Care, the union-backed group fighting changes to Obamacare, is launching a "seven-figure TV ad buy" targeting Alaska, Nevada, Maine...

Schadenfreude, an Alaskan political reverie

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BY MURRAY WALSH COMMENTARY It has been an interesting 15 months in Alaska and America from a political standpoint. I think that period of time deserves a bit...

Look for the union label: It’s off to the races for Walker, Grenn

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The campaign season has begun for Gov. Bill Walker, and it looks like he's leaning toward a Party-of-One candidate again. No one really know about Walker's...

Heads and Tails: Briefs from around the 49th state

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WRANGELL LABOR DISPUTE LABORS ON: Wrangell officials have pulled out of contact talks with the IBEW, the union representing municipal workers. Twenty-four utility and other workers...

Alice Rogoff’s terrifying crash landing: NTSB report

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Alice Rogoff, owner of the Alaska Dispatch News, had just completed a trip to the Nushagak River on July 3, 2016. She had dropped...

Worst negotiators in modern Alaska history?

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By SCOTT HAWKINS SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR As lawmakers return irritably to Juneau next week, a fascinating dynamic has emerged: Gov. Bill Walker and Senate Republicans, who...
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