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Yearly Archives: 2019

Teachers turn out to oppose PFD payback

PROPONENTS OF FULL DIVIDENDS DIDN'T SHOW The teachers were organized and they dominated public comment Thursday night during the first public hearing for SB 23...

Federal agency delays impact statement for gasline project

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission added three months to the deadline for the draft environmental impact statement that was due today for the Alaska...

House bipartisan majority hires Walker press secretary

Austin Baird, the former press secretary to Gov. Bill Walker, is the new press secretary for the Democrat-led, bipartisan House majority. Baird is a former...

Wielechowski peddles false oil profit narrative

TRYING TO GET MORE OIL TAXES AGAIN Sen. Bill Wielechowski, who has long been a foe of the oil industry, is peddling around the Capitol...

Don Young rated as the most effective member of Congress

The non-partisan Center for Effective Lawmaking has named Alaska Congressman Don Young the most effective member of Congress for the 115th Congress. “Legislative effectiveness” is defined...

Breaking: Dunleavy meets with Trump on Air Force One

President Donald Trump landed in Anchorage this morning for refueling and standard aircraft checks, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy took the opportunity to greet the...

Medicare for all is political malpractice

By ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET Democrats running for president in 2020 – along with independent Bernie Sanders – say they support the so-called Medicare For All...

Who can spend your money better: Government or you?

BY ART CHANCE SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR The editor and publisher of this publication may recall that I once answered the lefties in the Juneau Empire’s pages with...

PFD ‘payback’ bills get first public hearings

THURSDAY AT 6 PM The Permanent Fund dividend restoration bills will have their first public hearing on Thursday at 6 pm in the Senate State...

Chad Padgett moves to BLM as state director

Chad Padgett, longtime state director for for Congressman Don Young, is getting out of politics. He is officially being announced by the Bureau of...

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