Monthly Archives: April, 2018
Campaign manager with Alaska ties accused by ex-fiancee
WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS DIDN'T STAY IN VEGAS
A former campaign manager for Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan has been accused by his ex-fiancee of domestic...
Josephson: 120-day session will have higher oil taxes — again
Rep. Andy Josephson, one half of the chairmanship of House Resources Committee, let it slip Wednesday that the 2018 legislative session will go beyond...
Supreme Court affirms Democrats’ primary ballot
ALL EYES ON GOVERNOR WALKER
The Alaska Supreme Court today ruled in favor of the Alaska Democratic Party, saying the party can run candidates on...
Mayor Berkowitz, open bathrooms victorious
NO ON PROP 1 DROVE TURNOUT
It would be beyond extraordinary for the uncounted votes to change the outcome of Tuesday's Anchorage Municipal Election.
Of the...
Lock up your valuables: Crime Town poster child getting out
One of Anchorage's suspected rinse-and-repeat car thieves is due to get out of jail on April 14.
Crystal Tui, 24, has been in Hiland Mountain...
Walker Administration axes airplane tax — for now
ELECTION YEAR REPRIEVE FOR AIRPLANE OWNERS
The Walker Administration has quietly axed its tax-and-track proposal for private airplanes in Alaska.
On Monday, the Department of Transportation...
Anchorage election: 24 percent voted so far
LAST DAY IS TUESDAY
As of Monday evening, nearly 24 percent of Anchorage voters had cast their ballots in the city's first mail-in election. The...
Brother of former senator Stoltze missing over Easter
Sen. Bill Stoltze describes his brother Karl as "always the best of us."
Karl went to pick his crab pots out of the Whittier harbor...
Geran Tarr hates the budget, votes for it anyway
Rep. Geran Tarr is a study in contradictions. After holding forth on Monday about how she doesn't like the budget and how the $1,600...
House passes budget — but not way to pay for all of it
REPUBLICAN MINORITY BLOCKS GETTING INTO CONSTITUTIONAL BUDGET RESERVE
The Alaska House passed the state's 2019 operating budget on Monday.
Although the numbers are still not pinned...