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Yearly Archives: 2019

House Majority to travel the state for budget testimony

ROAD TRIP WILL PIT DEMOCRAT-LED MAJORITY AGAINST GOP GOVERNOR The House Finance Committee is hitting the road to take testimony from people all over Alaska,...

Murkowski votes down border emergency, joining 11 other Republicans

SULLIVAN VOTES IN SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY Twelve Republicans joined Senate Democrats in voting to overturn the president's national emergency declaration today. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska...

Remembering what Dunleavy ran on

ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET With the Department of Revenue spring oil price and production forecast due in a few weeks, with Senate leaders struggling to find...

Report to readers: 11,000 comments and counting

Dear Must Read Alaska Nation, I just approved the 11,000th comment on this site, which seems like a good time to write about what this...

Municipal League prez tells bond buyers: Expect defaults

TIM NAVARRE'S SCORCHED EARTH QUOTE TO THE FINANCIAL WORLD The Bond Buyer is a serious publication that only the elite financial world reads; a subscription...

History: Remember when the ferries had waiters in white jackets?

FERRY SYSTEM IS AN ARTIFACT OF AN EARLY-STATE TRANSPORTATION NEED By ART CHANCE SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR I've lived both in Anchorage and in Juneau. I've ridden the ferry...

Watch as seismic monitors across nation pick up Nov. 30 quake

ANIMATION: THE QUAKE PICKED UP AS FAR AWAY AS SOUTH FLORIDA A series of seismic monitors across the United States, as far away as Southern...

Five fast facts about Pete Kaiser, Iditarod champion

Pete Kaiser has won the 2019 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 9 days, 12 hours, six seconds. He is the first Yup'ik to...

What do we want? Ferries. Who should pay for them? Other people.

The people of coastal Alaska have spoken: Even though ferry ridership is down, and even though costs keep rising, the people want ferries. They also want...

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