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Yearly Archives: 2018

Legislature passes operating budget

The House and Senate passed the final version of the State's operating budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. Now, adjournment is just...

Quintillion business drama continues in Congress and Robert Mueller probe

Quintillion, a relatively new company in the wild-wild world of fiber-optic telecommunication business in Alaska, was in the news this week. Like telecommunications itself, it...

Heads and tails: Politicians on the move

BEGICH SIGHTINGS Mark Begich was in Juneau last week and met with the governor and lieutenant governor, although there was a great deal of question...

Spending spree: House majority wants $87 million more in capital budget

House Finance Committee, led by Rep. Paul Seaton, is looking to stuff some $87 million more in the Capital budget today -- these are...

The Berkowitz story that’s never been told

POWERFUL, RUTHLESS POLITICS, AND MEDIA NEGLIGENCE The Anchorage mayoral race might not have been decided by media coverage, but the media certainly played a role....

Big fixes for justice: HB 312 passes Senate

REFORMING SB 91, THE JUSTICE REFORM BILL A section in the controversial Senate Bill 91 that had that low- to moderate-risk defendants released without bail...

Christopher Constant, assemblyman, potty-mouth wordsmith

https://youtu.be/g5pELXSEtGo (Update: The above video is my acceptance of his apology.) This is what happens when you poke the liberal dragon. Assembly District 1 is represented...

Naked self-dealing of Adam Wool’s bar fight

CUTTING THE LEGS OUT FROM UNDER CRAFT TASTING ROOMS BY ANDREW JENSEN ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Chronicling political hypocrisy is typically no more difficult than shooting...

Thinning of ‘thin blue line’ in Juneau police force

By WIN GRUENING SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR Local governments build their budgets around adopted lists of priorities and community concerns. While most of us agree that education and...

Rep. Guttenberg to retire

JOINS NUMEROUS DEMOCRATS WHO ARE LEAVING OFFICE Rep. David Guttenberg announced his retirement from office Wednesday. Representing Fairbanks, he has been a legislator for eight terms...

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