Yearly Archives: 2017
This is not what PETA had in mind
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals rolled out a new Facebook marketing campaign recently: "Shoot Selfies, Not Animals."
It didn't go over well...
Supremes rule on Dividend cut: Legal to veto unless enshrined in constitution
The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend has been calculated in a nonpolitical formula by tradition since the first checks were cut in 1982. The amount...
Democrat Party waffles on Walker-Mallott
The chair of the Alaska Democrats penned a letter to the party faithful on Thursday, and it might have Gov. Bill Walker watching his...
Homer council members want to put the chill on recall elections
Is it too easy to recall local city council or assembly members?
Two who serve on the Homer, Alaska City Council think so, and they've written a...
It’s payday at the Dispatch, Alice sailing in Nantucket
IN HER HAPPY PLACE
Nantucket was the place to be last week for the East Coast sailing set, and Alice Rogoff, owner of the Alaska Dispatch News,...
Juneau night life: Assembly meetings get more interesting by the hour
By WIN GRUENING
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
The “business of governing” is such a misnomer because government rarely acts like a business. If it did, it would...
Heads and Tails: Campaigns, dialing for dollars, fishing with the stars
CHRIS BIRCH FOR STATE SENATE -- IT'S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG: Rep. Chris Birch raised $102,000 for his House campaign in 2016, and a year...
Speaker Edgmon has spoken: No Pebble mine. Not now. Not ever.
House Speaker Bryce Edgmon said "no means no" to the proposed Pebble Mine project. In an opinion he signed for the Alaska Dispatch News, Edgmon...
Alaska Permanent Fund made bank this year
The Alaska Permanent Fund’s investments gained 12.57 percent in the fiscal year 2017, which ended June 30, with a record-breaking total value of $59.8 billion.
The fund, in its...
Opinion: Proceed with caution on instream flow reservations
Water has always been a public resource, held in trust by the state for all its citizens.
But for the first time, the State of...