Yearly Archives: 2017
Walker campaign treasurers integrated with Ship Creek Group, official office
A sitting governor has an advantage in a re-election campaign. But never has a sitting Alaska governor had such an advantage as this one...
Jobless in Alaska: 24 months straight
August was the 23rd consecutive month of job losses in Alaska, according to the Alaska Department of Labor. Employment opportunities slid another 1.4 percent...
Snap: Interior bureaucrat quits with blistering letter to Zinke
Joel Clement was among the first three dozen to be reassigned in the Department of Interior after Donald Trump became president. Clement was considered...
Pebble Partnership has a new plan: Almost exactly what the EPA asked for
The Pebble Mine is smaller, won't use cyanide, will have no waste rock piles, will have super-safe soil liners, and will impact one fewer...
John Sturgeon, hunter, likely heading back to Supreme Court
Gov. Bill Walker on Wednesday said the State of Alaska will do everything in "our power to protect Alaska's State rights."
He was referring narrowly...
Quote of the week: ‘Call it a tax’
"I wish it was called an income tax, because that’s really what it is."
- Sen. Dennis Egan, remarking on Gov. Bill Walker's "payroll tax,"...
Seafood processed in China by North Korean labor a cause for concern
Is Alaska seafood propping up the nuclear ambitions of North Korea's Kim Jong Un?
According to a new report by the Associated Press, that is...
Researcher lights up Internet: ‘I used to think gun control was the answer’
LEAH LIBRESCO
for THE WASHINGTON POST
Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a Big Data journalism site. She is the author of...
Events for politicos
Send your political events items to suzanne @ mustreadalaska.com. Here's what we're serving up this week:
Oct. 16: University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Daniel White luncheon...
Brutal: Gov. Walker gets creamed on Facebook fail
Gov. Bill Walker, having returned from five days in China, perhaps thought he was "on message" when he posted on Facebook that he needs...