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Yearly Archives: 2019

Zulkosky to Public Safety commissioner: ‘Manage your tone.’

TRIBAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE DRESSES DOWN COMMISSIONER PRICE At the invitation of the newly created House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs, Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price...

Protest 101: Tax dollars at work

A small detachment of students and other supporters protested cuts to the University of Alaska budget on Monday in front of the Capitol in...

Walk out: House Education budget prompts GOP protest

THREE REPUBLICANS VOTE WITH THEIR FEET ON INCREASING BUDGET On Monday morning, the House Finance subcommittee on Education started to erase, line by line, the...

Dueling roadshows: Dunleavy, House Finance hit the road

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO HASH OUT BUDGET OUTSIDE OF JUNEAU Gov. Michael Dunleavy announced his long-awaited “Statewide Discussion for a Permanent Fiscal Plan,”...

Bass Pro, Cabela’s get into anti-Pebble Mine fray

BIG STORES THROW ANTI-MINING SUPPORT TO  'STAND FOR SALMON' GROUP It's not just the REI Co-op that has gotten political. Now, two major outdoor companies...

When salary schedules become ‘salacious’ testimony

REP. KREISS-TOMPKINS SEARCHES FOR A WORD, FINDS A SEXY ONE Last Thursday, Department of Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price made a presentation to a House...

Foraker Group was shadow group behind Walker’s Census Commission

NO MORE -- NONPROFIT GIANT IS NOT THE CONTROLLING ENTITY Gov. Michael Dunleavy made more board and commission appointments last week, including an entirely new...

Capital creep: Official hearings now held outside of Juneau

HOW TO MOVE A CAPITAL: ONE HEARING AT A TIME The House Majority, led by Democrats and eight moderate Republicans, has done something no legislator...

Five things you should know about the Anchorage bond package

(4-minute read) SCHOOL, ROAD BONDS FALL ON TAXPAYERS, NOT STATE Anchorage voters face a decision about whether to approve bonds during the municipal election, which...

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