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Monthly Archives: June, 2019

Legislature approves paying per diem for special session – retroactively

"I move that Legislative Council authorize per diem payments retroactive to May 16, 1019, for the days in which members were physically present in...

Alaska Raw, Part 6: We close the distance on the giant caribou bull

In the previous episode, the three men had survived a violent and unexpected windstorm that threatened their venture.  They just finished relocating their airplanes...

Sweeps and Lapses: The mystery of the General Fund

By ART CHANCE Yesterday the media erupted with talk about “accounting quirks” and sweeps, like this is some sort of governmental arcana that only the...

Sine dead: House, Senate gavel out with no PFD

WASILLA, HERE THEY COME The Alaska House Majority gaveled out of Special Session today, and the Senate followed shortly thereafter. There's no Permanent Fund dividend yet,...

Attack on oil tankers in Gulf of Oman may bump Alaska crude price

The attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman made oil trading prices gyrate on Thursday. One was torpedoes and the other...

Just wondering

By THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET It is easy to understand why so many Alaskans harbor deep reservations about their Legislature. A “compromise” budget with no...

Alaska Life Hack: Where are all the pot shops located in Anchorage?

THIS MUNI MAP CAN HELP YOU LOCATE NEARBY HERBERY Anchorage is thriving, if pot shops are any measurement. Since legalization of commercial cannabis sales, cultivation,...

Don’t punish Floyd and the A-Team; work with them

By VAL VAN BROCKLIN Floyd Hall is becoming a folk hero. He's a core member of a loosely affiliated group that calls themselves the "A-Team"...

Sitka fires city administrator in contentious meeting

Sitka City Administrator Keith Brady, on the job for less than two years, was released by the Assembly on Tuesday night during an emotional...

Full dividend fails House vote, 21-15

On Day 147 of the 2019 legislative session, the Capital Budget was finally on the House floor, and lawmakers debated Amendment No. 1: a...

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