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Yearly Archives: 2018

Dunleavy continues filling out team

Suzanne Cunningham has been named legislative director for Gov. Mike Dunleavy. She'll be tasked with moving the governor's bills and budget through the legislature. Cunningham...

Health insurance sales lag in Alaska this year

AROUND THE NATION, OBAMACARE PARTICIPATION IS DOWN 11 PERCENT The cost of health insurance plans at HealthCare.gov are down for Alaskans, but so are the...

Rep. Dan Saddler resigns, takes post in DNR

Rep. Dan Saddler, the outgoing representative for District 13, has resigned his seat to take a communications post in the Department of Natural Resources....

House Republicans lose Knopp from caucus

Kenai Republican House member Gary Knopp has left the Republican caucus. He has not exactly joined the Democrats, but is holding out for a...

Was Fairbanks race tainted by ‘League of Women Vote Harvesters’?

Vote harvesting -- a practice by special interest groups to gather ballots from people and turn them into polling stations -- may be a...

Ann Brown elected vice chair of Alaska Republican Party

Ann Brown, formerly of Fairbanks and now of Anchorage, has been elected vice chair of the Alaska Republican Party. After former Chairman Tuckerman Babcock resigned...

Dunleavy starts with budget discipline

OMB TEAM: LAURA CRAMER, MIKE BARNHILL, ED KING, MICAELA FOWLER In order to get Alaska's budget under control, it's important to have a cohesive budget...

District 13 organizes to replace Rep.-elect Dahlstrom

Republicans in District 13, which is the greater Chugiak area, are organizing to offer names to Gov. Mike Dunleavy to replace Rep.-elect Nancy Dahlstrom,...

Juneau loses lawsuit over use of cruise ship fees

The wooden walkway to the bronze whale was a bridge too far. The cruise ship industry in 2016 sued the City and Borough of Juneau...

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