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Yearly Archives: 2019

Sullivan: Congress funds new icebreakers

SEWARD AND KODIAK WILL GET INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS A major appropriations package passed Congress last week that included $655 million for the design and construction of...

Governor’s Permanent Fund pay-back bill sent to three House committees

COULD BE DEATH KNELL FOR RETURN OF PAST FUNDS TO ALASKANS Gov. Michael Dunleavy's bills to pay back the portion of the Permanent Fund dividend...

Beltrami sets his union sights on Seward

ELECTION COMING: AFL-CIO WANTS TO ORGANIZE LOCAL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES By ART CHANCE SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR Vince Beltrami, AFL-CIO president for Alaska, is looking for new worlds to conquer. Vinnie...

Walker squirrels away $47,000 for ‘future campaign account’

(2-minute read) INSTEAD OF GIVING IT BACK TO HIS DONORS, HE KEEPS IT Former Gov. Bill Walker may not be done with his political life. In...

House committee assignments announced

(3-minute read) BIPARTISAN ORGANIZATION DOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS The House bipartisan majority announced committee assignments today and the Democrats won hands down. Republicans who joined the bipartisan...

Spending more on schools is not the answer either

FROM OUR FRIENDS AT THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET: Interesting things come to light in legislative committee hearings. Take, for example, the Senate Finance Committee hearing...

Valdez mayor unhappy with Dunleavy, calls for resignation

(3-minute read) 'FISCAL TYRANNY, MALPRACTICE AND FOLLY' The Mayor of Valdez is distraught with Gov. Michael Dunleavy's budget proposal, believing the State's $1.6 billion fiscal...

Bishop: ‘With all due respect, ma’am, that’s the wrong answer’

(4-minute read) 'SHOOT THE MESSENGER' DAY IN SENATE FINANCE Senate Finance members didn't like the Education Department budget rollout, and Republicans and Democrats alike told...

Dept. of Numbers: Job losses persist, people moving south

Thirty-nine months is a long time for a state to have a job losing streak. Alaska is creeping up on the Big 4-0 loss streak,...

Black History Month: The indomitable spirit of Rep. Sharon Jackson

(3-minute read) THE LAWMAKER OVERCAME A HUGE CHALLENGE African-American history was made in January when the first African-American Republican woman lawmaker was sworn in as...

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