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Yearly Archives: 2019

That time when Ivy Spohnholz lectured on taking ‘responsibility’

HER FLOOR SPEECH CONDEMNING DAVID EASTMAN IS ONE FOR THE AGES In light of House Speaker Bryce Edgmon refusing to allow a "Sense of the...

AG Kevin Clarkson has emergency surgery

According to the spokeswoman for the Department of Law, Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson is recovering from surgery in Seattle after a heart attack...

It’s a lawyer thing: Justin Schneider’s legal guy used to defend victims

(Editor's note: This is the kind of story that can make an everyday Alaskan hopping mad. But hold onto your rage and just try...

Spawned out story: The #metoo net unravels

By CRAIG MEDRED CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is now eyeing his next appointment to the Alaska Board of Fisheries with the dust stirred up around...

House closes ‘Schneider’ jack-attack loopholes

The House has passed HB 14, a bill that makes certain sex-related crimes more serious. It partially closes the loophole in Alaska law made...

Icebreaker contract awarded; to be delivered in 2024

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard have announced that Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded the contract to build the nation’s first...

Sense of the House: Majority cedes moral high ground

HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE WRONG RIGHT, BUT DIDN'T All heck broke out on the House floor today, after Rep. Ben Carpenter moved a "Sense...

Senate Finance approves $3,000 PFD

COMMITTEE ALSO MOVES TO BEEF UP PERMANENT FUND CORPUS The Alaska Senate Finance Committee approved amendments boosting this year’s Permanent Fund dividend to about $3,000...

MRAK Almanac: Miss Amazing, Talkeetna Fly-In

April 26, 1899: In Dawson City,  Yukon Territory, a devastating fire broke out when a saloon caught fire in the middle of a strike by...

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