Monthly Archives: July, 2019
Untold stories of vandalism at Camp Berkowitz
The reporting by the mainstream media on the Occupy to Overcome protests at the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage painted a much more benign picture...
Jason Grenn’s new ‘Better Elections’ group is all-Outside money
WAGING WAR AGAINST 'CITIZENS UNITED,' ONE STATE AT AT TIME
The group called Alaskans for Better Elections, headed by former Rep. Jason Grenn, has raised...
Democrats vs Democrats on Tuesday, Wednesday
20 Democrat candidates will showcase their qualifications to be president on July 30 and 31 in Detroit, during the next round of presidential debates....
Israel, U.S. complete rocket launch in Kodiak
Israel and the United States successfully completed tests of an advanced Arrow 3 missile defense system in Alaska, the Israeli Defense Ministry told the...
Facebook poll draws copycats: Results
Hours after Must Read Alaska posted a 23-hour Facebook poll on how Alaskans view the "proper" amount for the Permanent Fund dividend, both a...
$3,000 PFD leaves Senate Finance for Rules Committee
WHERE IT WILL BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
An amendment to increase the Permanent Fund dividend to the full statutory amount of $3,000 moved out...
Shame poles get partisan with Tlingit carvers
Social media photo by Christina Cranston, the co-carver of the pole.
They're calling it a ridicule pole for Gov. Michael Dunleavy and President Donald Trump,...
MRAK poll: Most want $3,000 Permanent Fund dividend
In a 23-hour, nonscientific poll on Facebook, with more than 4,000 participants, the early results favored the $3,000 to a greater degree than the final...
Permanent Fund bills moving through Legislature
ONE IS FOR $1,600, THE OTHER FOR $1,500
House Bill 2003, which is a piece of new legislation to appropriate funds for the Permanent Fund...
Game on! Surprise strike is unfair labor practice
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By ART CHANCE
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
The Inlandboatman’s Union’s strike caught the State of Alaska flat-footed. A good title for a piece about it would be, “At 2...