Monthly Archives: February, 2019

SB 32 gets tough on druggies, dealers

Suzanne Downing - February 6, 2019 13

(4-minute read) AG CLARKSON EXPLAINS ROLLBACK OF SB91 CRIME BILL Alaska's attorney general today gave Senate Judiciary Committee members a primer on one of Gov....

Nervous Nellies go after the budget director

Suzanne Downing - February 6, 2019 14

BY ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET Anybody could see it coming. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s new budget director has the usual suspects more than a little nervous and...

Knopp bounces critics from his social media feed

Suzanne Downing - February 6, 2019 10

(2-minute read) REMOVES A CONSTITUENT'S SUGGESTION THAT HE RESIGN Rep. Gary Knopp will be featured at a special Kenai/Soldotna Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Friday,...

Arsonists caught on camera being caught on fire

Suzanne Downing - February 6, 2019 0

(1-minute read) POLICE RELEASE THIS DRAMATIC FOOTAGE Anchorage police have released a video showing two men escaping from the Yakitori Sushi restaurant early on Feb....

Loudest cheering came from congressional women — for themselves

Suzanne Downing - February 5, 2019 4

STATE OF THE WHITE-CLAD SPECTACLE During the State of the Union Speech by President Donald Trump on Tuesday night, a group of Democrat women wore...

The Great Alaska Earthquake and the 20-20 split House of 1964

Suzanne Downing - February 5, 2019 5

(4-minute read) WHAT HAPPENED IS COUNTER TO TODAY'S CONVENTIONAL WISDOM By ART CHANCE SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR Former Speaker of the House Bruce Kendall died in 2012 at the...

Murkowski bills focus on Native Alaskans, women

Suzanne Downing - February 5, 2019 16

(2-minute read) CHAMPIONS NATIVE, WOMENS' CAUSES IN SLEW OF RECENT LEGISLATION Sen. Lisa Murkowski has shifted her focus in recent weeks. She has paid more...

EPA chief clears committee hurdle; now to full Senate vote

Suzanne Downing - February 5, 2019 0

(1-minute read) REPLACES SCOTT PRUITT Andrew Wheeler was approved to lead the Environmental Protection Agency by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today. The committee,...

Natives take over meeting, yell at officials over drilling of Coastal Plain

Suzanne Downing - February 4, 2019 14

(3-minute read) OBJECTED TO NON-NATIVES ON THEIR LAND Alaska Natives from Defending the Sacred AK and loosely associated groups took over a pubic meeting in...

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Justice’s health care fraud takedown nets 324 in $14.6 billion crackdown — the largest in history

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Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’

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Justice’s health care fraud takedown nets 324 in $14.6 billion crackdown — the largest in history

Gas tax in Washington state goes up — again

Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’