Yearly Archives: 2017
Alaska’s budget and you: A few hard facts
BY NICK BEGICH, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR
Anchorage was recently rated as the Hardest Working City in America among 116 of the nation’s largest cities.
The ranking was determined...
Bedbugs, comfort cats, transgender toilets — all end up at Rights Commission
WHY THE APPOINTMENT OF DREW PHOENIX MATTERS
It was about the bedbugs. And yes, it was about the cats.
Bedbugs, three cats, some possibly developmentally challenged children, a...
Someone has to blink or we shut this government down
OUR MOST CANTANKEROUS CONTRIBUTOR THINKS ABOUT THE 'S' WORD
By ART CHANCE
Allow me to engage in a fantasy where once again I’m the State’s director of...
Earth Day quiz: Which of these predictions came true?
Listen up, all you illiterates: The theme for this year's Earth Day is Environmental and Climate Change Literacy. There will be a quiz.
If you...
Dispatch searches for its digital roots
STOP THE PRESSES
The Alaska Dispatch News newspaper enterprise started out as the homegrown Alaska Dispatch internet news startup, with scrappy Amanda Coyne and brooding Tony Hopfinger...
Environmental group sues over Alaska predator control rollback
WOLF AND BEAR PROTECTIONS -- STATE OR FEDERAL MANAGEMENT?
No sooner was the ink dry on House Joint Resolution 69, rolling back Obama-era prohibitions on predator control across...
Don Young files for 24th term in Congress
True to his word, Congressman Don Young filed for re-election yesterday in Anchorage. If successful in November, 2018, he would serve an historic 24th...
Severed head of a president and other indignities of art
ART CRITIC
If University of Alaska Anchorage artist Thomas Chung wanted to be famous, someone call his mom: He's finally done it. He's getting his...
Fifteen years later, Sen. Kelly still standing against income tax
IT'S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN
Fifteen years ago, the Alaska House of Representatives passed HB-303, income tax legislation to make up for a budget shortfall of...
Eastman accuses LeDoux of threatening Reinbold with campaign cash
Two state representatives are saying that a third has acted improperly on the House floor, threatening to withhold campaign cash if a member didn't vote...