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Yearly Archives: 2018

Senate Finance: $1,600 dividend, education forward funding

BIG DAY, LOTS OF ACTIVITY IN SENATE The Senate Finance Committee today moved forward on a $1,600 Permanent Fund dividend for eligible Alaskans this year,...

Parole denied: Murderer remains behind bars

It didn't take long today for the public's voice to be heard at Goose Creek Correctional Center during the scheduled parole hearings. The people...

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...

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