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Yearly Archives: 2017

Salary commission takes bite out of legislators’ pay

A state salary commission on Wednesday recommended a 10 percent cut to legislators' pay, taking it from $50,400 per year to $45,360. The State Officers...

Quote of the Day: Wielechowski says oil tax reform a failure

  FROM THE WAY-BACK MACHINE “We were told by the Governor and his consultants that the last year’s Oil Wealth Giveaway would increase production within...

Production forecast is out: SB 21 is working

ADMINSTRATION FINALLY ADMITS OIL PRODUCTION IS INCREASING For three years in a row, Alaska's oil fields have been producing more each year. That hasn't happened...

Berkowitz budget puts Muni property up for collateral

 BORROWS $60 MILLION FOR PENSION OBLIGATIONS The budget proposed by Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has a sleeping giant in it -- a plan to incur...

Runoff: Charlie Pierce leads for Kenai Borough mayor

The Tuesday runoff election for Kenai Borough mayor appears to favor Charlie Pierce, with 51.66 percent and Linda Hutchings with 48.34 percent of the...

The most dangerous animal in Alaska: The ‘Yettobe’

Rick Rydell, talk radio host, caribou hunter, and keen political observer, asked his audience of 100 what the most dangerous animal in Alaska is. The...

Must Read comment: Bogus poll

"I’m pretty sure I was one of the 700 that participated. The questions and possible answers were very much designed to achieve the results...

Incredible: Gasline corporation says 78 percent of Alaskans favor project

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation board of directors yesterday learned that the staff of the agency commissioned a poll to determine how the project...

Murkowski, Sullivan dine with Trump

THE PROTESTORS HAVE INFILTRATED THE MEDIA Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Dan Sullivan and other Senate leaders are having their weekly policy luncheon today, and President...

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