Yearly Archives: 2017
Alabama is no Alaska
By MATT FELLING
ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY
I was there, man.
As a CBS News reporter in Anchorage covering Sen. Lisa Murkowski's historic write-in election in 2010, I...
Quote of the Day: NFL commissioner has ‘work to do’
“It is nearly unheard of to have a commissioner of a national sports league be this divisive. Asking for $50 million dollars at a...
Matt Shuckerow heads over to Senate and Sullivan
The communication director for Congressman Don Young had an offer he could not refuse: To join Sen. Dan Sullivan's staff as deputy communications director...
Election revisions cloaked in mystery
The Division of Elections quietly filed notice early this month that it plans regulatory changes for activities ranging from registering voters to collecting signatures...
Up next in Congress: Tax reform takes center stage
WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON ALASKA HOMEOWNERS
The House Ways and Means Committee is finishing its work on tax reform, and the Senate is busy with its...
Optimism as Resource Development Council meets
BY ELWOOD BREHMER
ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
There is plenty for the players of Alaska’s extraction industries to be positive about and that should translate into...
Rogoff has political conspiracy theory: Binkleys and GCI forced her out
A former reporter for the Alaska Dispatch News, Jeanette Lee Falsey quoted her former boss, ADN owner Alice Rogoff, theorizing about why she lost the newspaper: It...
Crime bill passes, Senate adjourns, House Democrats come unglued
CHEST THUMPING BEGINS FROM GOVERNOR, HOUSE DEMS, ACLU
Senate Bill 54, the reform of an earlier criminal justice reform bill (SB 91), has been on...
Heartfelt: Senator Dan Sullivan’s tribute to Alaska Native veterans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPKWZJtEgJk
Sen. Dan Sullivan uses time on the Senate floor to honor the "Alaskan of the Week." This week, he made these remarks, which are...
‘Upskirting’ the issue: Much ado, and a possible lawsuit
THE DEMS HAVE THE LONG KNIVES OUT FOR SEN. WILSON
The scene of the alleged crime is a well-trafficked corner on the second floor of...