Monthly Archives: July, 2019

In contentious meeting, UA regents approve path to single accreditation

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR - July 30, 2019 31

By KOBE RIZK In an 8-3 vote and after hours of discussion, the University of Alaska Board of Regents directed UA President Jim Johnsen to...

PR nightmare – Student rep pushes anti-oil message during budget talks

Suzanne Downing - July 30, 2019 11

BEGGING FOR MONEY WHILE DISSING INDUSTRIES THAT PAY THE BILLS? Union of Students representative Alex Jorgensen's computer was the unfortunate photo-bomb during Office of Management...

Report: Green New Deal would cost Alaskans $63,000 to $100,000 annually

Suzanne Downing - July 30, 2019 8

A newly published report says the Green New Deal, a series of policies pushed by far-left Democrats, would cost a typical Alaska family $100,000...

Dunleavy has a point: University of Alaska needs to reinvent itself

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR - July 30, 2019 4

By RICHARD VEDDER FORBES MAGAZINE Governor Michael Dunleavy of Alaska caused quite a stir in American higher education when he used his line item budget power...

EPA begins removing Obama-era ‘preemptive veto’ of Pebble Project

Suzanne Downing - July 30, 2019 3

The Environmental Protection Agency has begun to reverse a preemptive veto made against the Pebble Project, which was put in place under former EPA...

Take the poll: Should the governor veto the $1,600 PFD?

Suzanne Downing - July 30, 2019 20

Take the Must Read Alaska poll linked below. Because it is a Facebook poll, this is a binary question boiled down to what appears to be...

Bernie Sanders stands with IBU ferry strike, (yet is accused of union busting)

Suzanne Downing - July 29, 2019 9

The National Labor Relations Board is investigating U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' Iowa campaign for allegedly cracking down on union organizing activities and refusing to...

Governor: ‘This is a dark day for the PFD’

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SENATE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS FRACTURING? Gov. Michael Dunleavy today indicated he will veto some or all of the State spending add-backs that have come from the...

Capital Budget done; PFD remains in play

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Uncomfortable about delaying critical road funding for next year, two of the most conservative members of the House of Representatives voted with the Democrat-led...

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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’

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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’