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Yearly Archives: 2019

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...

Trump pick for Ninth Circuit gets confirmed

Seattle attorney Eric Miller was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate to be the newest judge on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Senators...

A conversation with Mike Dunleavy

ALASKANS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON TAXES, PFD, SPENDING Gov. Michael Dunleavy faces the same problem that stared former Gov. Bill Walker in the...

Governor lets Hollis French go from oil and gas commission

Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Chairman Hollis French was released from his duties immediately today, as Gov. Michael Dunleavy decided that French's chronic...

Ben Mohr named head of Kenai sportsfishing group

The new executive director of the Kenai River Sportsfishing Association is Ben Mohr. Mohr was a senior policy adviser to Gov. Sean Parnell on fish,...

House creates special committee on tribal affairs

The Alaska House of Representatives has created the Special Committee on Tribal Affairs. That brings the number of committees in the House to 16 --...

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