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...