Monthly Archives: November, 2019
Alaska’s $500 limit for campaigns working way through U.S. Supreme Court
WILL COURT PUT ALASKA ON THE SCHEDULE?
Alaska's extremely low campaign contribution limits of "$500 per candidate per-donor, per-year" are the subject of a lawsuit...
GOP gala committee blowing past ticket sales goals
With three weeks left before the Alaska Republican Party's Unity Gala, organizers say they're confident they'll blow past their goal of selling 500 tickets...
Juneau ponders its priorities
MORE CHILD CARE SUPPORT OR STREET CLEANING?
By WIN GRUENING
In what has historically been a rather lackluster and tedious process, this year’s City and Borough...
A governor under seige
By JIM DEMINT
In 2018, Alaska elected conservative state Sen. Michael Dunleavy as the state’s 12th governor. Dunleavy’s story is pretty straightforward: He legislated as...
Louisiana lesson for Alaska: Jungle primaries lead to this
A liberal Outside group wants Alaska to model its primary system in part after Louisiana’s jungle primary, an election design that has all candidates on...
Resigning, but optimistic
By BRUCE TANGEMAN
I know this message may be getting old for some, but many Alaskans have lost perspective on the positive position we find...
Breaking: Revenue commissioner resigns
Department of Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman has resigned.
“Bruce has dedicated a significant portion of his life to public service and I thank him for...
Data point: Crooked Creek homicides equal 2% of residents in 90 days
Alaska State Troopers arrested a 30-year-old Crooked Creek man on Saturday, charging him with first degree murder in the death of a 26-year-old family...
Camarena turns himself in
Juan Camarena, wanted in connection with a Nov. 2 triple homicide in Wasilla, called the Alaska State Troopers and arranged to meet at...
Do state deadlines matter? Cannabis chocolatier wants to know if regulator cares
TAKES COMPLAINT TO OMBUDSMAN
Dave Lanning co-owns a small cannabis manufacturing business in Fairbanks. Among the product lines at Arctic Bakery are dark chocolates infused...