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Monthly Archives: July, 2017

Schadenfreude, an Alaskan political reverie

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

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

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

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?

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...

PFC Hansen Kirkpatrick: Barely old enough to vote, and he is gone

Somewhere in Wasilla, Alaska, there are a mom and dad whose brave son went off to war in January and will return in a flag-draped casket...

Heads and Tails: Juneau’s House of Cards, circa 1981

  A COUP TO REMEMBER: The last time the Alaska Legislature stayed in session this long was back in the 1980s, when Rep. Jim Duncan,...

Zuckerberg promo for Alaska sends wrong message

WE WADE INTO FACEBOOK FOUNDER'S 'BASIC INCOME' CLAIMS Alaska, the richest state to ever go broke, may not have any money to promote tourism these days, what...

Happy Fourth of July from Must Read Alaska!

We are taking the day off to celebrate our nation's founding. Catch us in Seward, Alaska with thousands of other Alaskans who are enjoying life,...

Trump election commission wants what?

The response to the president's Election Integrity Commission's request for voter information from the states ranged from muted to over-wrought. Let's step back and examine what was...

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