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Yearly Archives: 2019

Feds send earthquake disaster relief: $4.5 million to Labor Department

FUNDS FOR EARTHQUAKE CLEANUP The U.S. Department of Labor awarded up to $4.5 million in disaster funding to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce...

Census is a year from now, and it starts in Toksook Bay

(1.5-minute read) THE BIG COUNT WILL ADD JOBS TO ALASKA'S GIG ECONOMY The U.S. Constitution requires a counting of the population every 10 years to...

Sen. Sullivan won’t take pay during shutdown

Sen. Dan Sullivan said he will refuse his paycheck during the partial government shutdown. "Many Alaskans have asked me if I will be receiving a...

State population slips for second year

(1.5-minute read) 2,386 PEOPLE LEFT ANCHORAGE LAST YEAR For the second year in a row, Alaska' population has slumped. Some 1,608 people left the state...

Barrow judge retires after being hit by truck, disabled

(2-minute read) DUNLEAVY TO NAME NEW JUDGE  FOR UTQIAGVIK Barrow Superior Court Judge Angela Greene didn't stand for retention last year. It has been a...

Gene Therriault out at Alaska Gasline Development Corp.

ALSO GONE, CHIEF OF ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY The government relations director at the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation has been released by the corporation. Former North Pole...

Murkowski introduces bill to end all government shutdowns

(2-minute read) FEDERAL PROGRAMS WOULD SIMPLY CONTINUE U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski together with Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Johnny Isakson...

Why the Alaska-class ferries were the right decision

(3-minute read) NO NEED TO ADD CREW QUARTERS BY WIN GRUENING SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR Recent news articles and opinion pieces suggest the new Alaska-class ferries are useless unless...

Disorganized House has a looming problem

CAN'T HIRE LEGISLATIVE STAFF YET  (4-minute read) Although Republicans have a slim majority now, and a better chance of maintaining it than Democrats do in the...

Corrections chief ends controversial ‘day pass’ program

SHUTS DOWN 'AMNESTY BOXES' FOR CONTRABAND Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom has put an end to Gov. Walker-era programs that allowed inmates to be checked out...

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