Yearly Archives: 2018

Seriously, who doesn’t love Etsy?

Suzanne Downing - February 7, 2018 4

UM, SEN. DAN SULLIVAN NOT FEELING IT, AFTER IVORY BAN Etsy, the online e-commerce platform for all-things-handmade (and all-things-faux-handmade), has reportedly been deleting the accounts...

Alaska’s students are being failed at every level

Suzanne Downing - February 7, 2018 8

EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO MOVING THEM UP A GRADE By WIN GRUENING SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR The National Council on Teacher Quality advocates for tougher evaluations of...

Walker names Planned Parenthood veteran to midwives oversight board

Suzanne Downing - February 6, 2018 10

AWKWARD APPOINTMENT Gov. Bill Walker has named a Palmer woman who was a political field organizer for Planned Parenthood to a group that oversees the...

Rep. Parish on thinking: It’s a slow process

Suzanne Downing - February 6, 2018 1

Rep. Justin Parish, in House Military and Veterans Affairc Committee last week, makes a stunning admission in the first 20 seconds of this video. The...

Outside group complains about Alaska Super-PACs

Suzanne Downing - February 6, 2018 4

Just as federal law overrides state law in matters pertaining to abortion (Roe v. Wade), the Citizens United decision is settled law that makes...

Heads and Tails: Who’s in for Anchorage mayor, explaining the Fansler replacement process

Suzanne Downing - February 6, 2018 0

THE LINEUP The Feb. 2 deadline for filing for mayor has come and gone. Here's the list of who filed to run Alaska's biggest metropolis: ...

The old switcharoo in municipal election

Suzanne Downing - February 5, 2018 8

ELECTION OFFICE TRANSPARENCY FAIL Democracy is whittled away in small bites. But this one is a rather big bite. It's hard to explain, and it's...

Alyse Galvin: What is she? Democrat? Undeclared? Independent?

Suzanne Downing - February 5, 2018 4

EXHIBIT A: DIVISION OF ELECTIONS TWISTS A JUDGE'S RULING LIKE A PRETZEL (Corrected version: Alyse Galvin is listed with Alaska Division of Elections as an "Undeclared...

Look, up in the sky! It’s Air Force Two!

Suzanne Downing - February 5, 2018 1

TWO CHANCES TO SEE SIGNATURE AIRCRAFT Vice President Mike Pence will stop in Anchorage this afternoon. Air Force II will be landing at Joint...

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Let my people go: Final American hostage to be released by Hamas on Monday, Trump says

US talks with China make fast progress

Poll: Most Americans think political civility has declined, that violence will increase

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Let my people go: Final American hostage to be released by Hamas on Monday, Trump says

US talks with China make fast progress

Poll: Most Americans think political civility has declined, that violence will increase