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Yearly Archives: 2019

House, Senate agree to sue governor over forward funding of education

The House and Senate today agreed to delegate authority to the Legislative Council to proceed with a lawsuit that should determine if forward appropriating...

Letter to the editor: Alaska has a spending problem

Editor, I would like to thank Karl Monetti for giving me credit for the fact that Alaskans have not had to pay state income tax...

Supreme Court upholds abortion for eugenics

MOM CAN END BABY'S LIFE DUE TO GENDER, RACE, DISABILITY The U.S. Supreme Court today let stand a ruling that allows mothers in Indiana to...

Trump stopping through again tonight, pilots advised

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will be stopping at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson as they make their way back to Washington,...

The principle behind “the dividend”

DEBATE RAGES AS TO THE ORIGINAL INTENT BEHIND ANNUAL CHECK Alaskans have debated it for years, but even more so since the Permanent Fund dividend...

Messages to the fallen: ‘Shrapnel in the Heart’

"Dearest Eddie Lynn, I'd give anything to have you shell just one more pecan for me on Grandma's porch. All my love, Your cousin,...

Memorial Day: Reflections on servant leadership

By REP. BEN CARPENTER Memorial Day is especially poignant for me this year as I reflect upon what the words duty, honor, and sacrifice mean...

Alaska life hack: Blood-sucking ticks have moved in

On a topic that only metaphorically relates to politics, a Skagway woman was horrified last week to find a fully engorged tick on her...

Giessel, Edgmon lock arms to cut future PFDs

EDGMON RESISTS SPECIAL SESSION IN MAT-SU OVER 'SECURITY' ISSUES On day 131 of the 2019 legislative session and special session, a difference of opinion, and...

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