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Yearly Archives: 2017

Larry Burton in line for new role

Larry Burton was most recently the chief operating officer at the American Council of Life Insurers in Washington, D.C. Word is, he has a new job...

Alaska DHSS hired firm and ‘gamed the system’ on food stamps

Talk about food stamp fraud. The Alaska Department of Health and Human Services is being told to pay back $2.5 million to the federal government,...

Gov. Walker fights newest Obamacare rollbacks and reforms

Gov. Bill Walker was one of 10 governors who wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer today, asking...

Do shoplifters need counseling?

In Juneau, shoplifting and petty theft in the downtown core has become so rampant that shop owners say even their rubberized commercial doormats disappear...

We remodeled, redesigned, relaunched Must Read

Readers will notice that Must Read Alaska took on a new look over the weekend. It went from a blog to a sleek news...

Homer ethics complaint aired

An ethics complaint against three Homer City Council members, originally lodged by the constitutional group Heartbeat of Homer on July 3, will go forward...

Norway, not so much

By CRAIG MEDRED CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS Commentary Norway’s version of the Alaska Permanent Fund hit the $1 trillion mark last week. That’s $1,000 billion, or about 16 times the...

Senate to vote on National Defense bill, beef up missiles, icebreakers

The full Senate is expected to vote today on the National Defense Authorization Act, which has several provisions for Alaska, including authorization for up...

This week in Congress

The U.S. Senate and House will return to work on Monday, Sept. 25. There's talk about another vote on repealing Obamacare before the end of...

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