Yearly Archives: 2017
Alaska Senate resolution supports Don Young, state fish and wildlife management
JUNEAU - The Alaska Senate today approved a resolution supporting U.S. Rep. Don Young's effort to overturn an 11th-hour rule by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Uber, Lyft bill making bipartisan progress
An Anchorage woman called for a cab in early December. The dispatcher said that one was enroute and it could be expected in 20 minutes.
But 50...
Will Satan get his due in Kenai?
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has followed a long-standing tradition of hearing an invocation before each of its public meetings. The practice has been part of public...
‘Indivisible’ resistance movement plans disruptions in Alaska
From Juneau to Fairbanks, a grassroots network of activists, with help from the Occupy movement and national Democrat community organizers, are burning the midnight oil to take...
Homer city council goes into full ‘resist Trump’ mode with resolution
Some Homer residents want to make Homer, Alaska the most intolerant city in the 49th state. A city intolerant of any opposing ideas about what...
Seaton’s income tax proposal gets public testimony today
IT'S A HEAD-SCRATCHER
Rep. Paul Seaton's plan to levy a state surtax on 15 percent of every Alaskan's federal tax bill has run into a lot...
Fish and Wildlife rule killed by House, now goes to Senate
On Thursday, Congressman Don Young successfully moved through the U.S. House a rejection of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule that had gutted...
Mike Dubke to White House? Ambassador Gillam? Jerry Ward at Education
After being spotted at the White House on Thursday, Mike Dubke, a well-known figure in Alaska political circles, is said to be positioned to become White House...
Addiction is now a disaster? Alaska governor declares it so
This week, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker declared a statewide disaster.
It's a flood. No, it's a fire. Or encroachment by rising tides, or perhaps it's...
Revenue commissioner: Food stamps could be cut
Commissioner Hoffbeck in 2015, screenshot from 360north.org
BUT COULD THEY?
It was Wednesday, and Alaska Commissioner of Revenue Randy Hoffbeck was once again explaining to legislators how any further...