Monthly Archives: September, 2017
This is no way to run a tax policy
Higher taxes, like those under debate in Alaska, would only add to the challenges the industry faces.
COMMENTARY / Dr. MARGARET THORNING
ALASKA JOURNAL OF...
Ketchikan stripe show makes national news
KETCHIKAN - It was a pavement striping job so crooked it made the New York Post. The new yellow double lines on Tongass Highway...
Revenue pulls gaming permit for United Way Anchorage
United Way of Anchorage is sideways with the Department of Revenue. Enough so that the State department's tax division suspended the charitable agency's gaming...
Quote of the week: Armchair quarterbacks
"Not my job. I hear that a lot as our economy continues to struggle. We need fewer armchair quarterbacks and more players."
- Rep. Ivy...
Crime townhall brings out frustration, anger of residents
It's not just anecdotal. Alaska has, in fact, become less safe, according to 2016 statistics released by the FBI this week.
At a Monday town...
Quote of the week: Gara on class warfare
"Politics shouldn't be about class warfare and eyeing the next election. I'm proud of the many wealthier Alaskans who have said they'd like chip...
When do taxpayers support pedophilia films?
With support from the Anchorage ACLU, the Anchorage Public Library and University of Alaska are celebrating "Banned Books Week" by showing a film adaptation...
Alaska’s got gas, on that much Gov. Walker and AGDC’s Meyer agree
By CRAIG MEDRED
CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS
Alaska’s sputtering and stalling natural gas pipeline project appears to roaring forward again no matter what the media might be reporting.
Just...
Rebecca Logan files for Anchorage mayor
The president of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance has filed a letter of intent to run for Anchorage mayor in 2018, she announced this...
Next chapter: Rogoff tumbles into Chapter 7 bankruptcy
The lawsuit involving the Alice Rogoff / Alaska Dispatch News eviction from the Northway building she sold to GCI faces a status hearing on Oct....