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Yearly Archives: 2017

Juneau’s downtown homeless are health and safety issue

By WIN GRUENING When Mayor Ken Koelsch recently proposed a city ordinance prohibiting camping in downtown Juneau to help resolve on-going issues with our homeless...

Grenn’s ‘ethics’ bill would put all lawmakers on ice

Newly elected Rep. Jason Grenn wants to make sure that any legislator who works for an oil company cannot vote on anything related to...

Murkowski retains control of Interior Department’s budget

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has again been chosen as chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee for the Department of Interior's budget, a role she gained...

City to citizens: Want street plowed? Move your car

The snow is only going to get heavier with the warm front that is coming this way, so you may as well get on...

Juneau Assembly votes 6-3 favoring the ‘paid in full’ Juneau Road the governor deep-sixed

At a packed Juneau Assembly meeting on Wednesday, people sat on the floor and lined the walls, many of them there to oppose or support...

House Democrats: Budget will get ‘lounge’ review

Last week, House Majority Finance Co-chair Paul Seaton, a Musk Ox Republican out of Homer, issued an eight-page memo describing how the new Democrat-controlled Finance review...

Gasline to save us? Hearings today

"We have no other project that will revitalize our economy the way the gasline will." - Gov. Bill Walker, State of the State Address,...

Monday newsletter: Get it in your inbox

Must Read Alaska has a Monday e-newsletter that reaches more than 8,300 Alaskans weekly. Much of the content of the newsletter is not available on...

Governor Walker beefs up campaign staff, on public dime

FREEZE-SCHMEEZE: In January of 2016, Gov. Bill Walker put in place a hiring freeze and travel restrictions for state workers, due to Alaska's budget crisis. His instructions were very...

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