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Yearly Archives: 2019

Theater review: The Sound of Music in Atwood Concert Hall

Note to readers: Must Read Alaska is launching a new feature -- theater reviews. If you would like your play reviewed, please send a...

University enrollment dropping, salaries through the roof

16 CAMPUSES, 424 DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES When University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen told Senate Finance Committee last week "I'm not going to negotiate," there...

Town hall meetings

Town hall meetings with legislators are scheduled around Alaska: ANCHORAGE Saturday, Feb. 23, 10 am-12:30 pm ASD Education Center 5530 Northern Lights Blvd CHUGIAK/EAGLE RIVER Saturday, Feb. 23, 2-4:30 pm Chugiak-ER...

Native leader resigns from top post

(3-minute read) #METOO MOVEMENT TOPPLES JACKIE PATA Alaskan Jacqueline Pata will resign from being the executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, an...

Gov. Dunleavy follows through on campaign commitments

By WIN GRUENING SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR Much of the reaction to Gov. Dunleavy’s proposed budget was more than predictable…it was inevitable and even calculated.  Some of it...

House Finance came ready to have a conversation

NO SARCASM, JUST DECORUM IN COMMITTEE After the theatrics in Senate Finance Committee earlier on Monday, when some senators took the opportunity to lecture and...

Slanted survey: More Americans worry about climate warming

(3-minute read) YALE U. GROUP STUDIES HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND Six in 10 Americans are either “alarmed” or “concerned” about a warming global climate,...

Prisoner gender reassignment bill gets ‘death by committee’

SPEAKER EDGMON REFERS IT TO THREE COMMITTEES Rep. George Rauscher of Sutton offered a flurry of bills this session, and one of them is sure...

Rookie mistake: Bernie Sanders misplaces Alaska, Hawaii

(1-minute read) EASY TO OVERLOOK 49 AND 50 Sen. Bernie Sanders has exploded back on the scene, raising $6 million on his first day after...

Pebble environmental impact statement released

(2-minute read) DRAFT SHOWS NO MAJOR HURDLES The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Project has been released by the U.S. Army Corps of...

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