Yearly Archives: 2019
Governor interrupted by loud protesters during AFN
UNPRECEDENTED BOOING, CHANTING, DRUMMING
The welcome that Gov. Michael Dunleavy received at AFN was so rude that finally Alaska Federation of Natives Convention Co-Chair...
Peter Caltagirone files for Anchorage Assembly
The South Anchorage Assembly seat might return to the more conservative column in April: There's a serious challenger to Assembly member Suzanne LaFrance.
It's resource...
Commissioner of Public Safety has this to say about ‘The Stalker’ column
IT NORMALIZES STALKING, AND THAT'S NOT GOOD, SHE SAYS
The commissioner of Public Safety has asked the Anchorage Daily News to reconsider the name of...
Debate: Fibbery, stretchery, and outright dodgery
ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
The CNN/New York Times Democratic debate was quite a show. Socialism and taxes and gun grabs, oh, my, mixed with pie-in-the-sky and...
Will Alaska Day be shamed off the State calendar?
A rising tide of indigenous opposition to the Alaska State holiday known as Alaska Day is simmering in some factions of the Native community....
Trump to nominate Josh Kindred to US District Court
President Donald Trump has chosen Joshua Kindred as the new U.S. District Court judge for Alaska. The White House made the announcement today.
Kindred, a...
Dunleavy for Energy Secretary? Sources say ‘no’
A rumor that President Donald Trump may tap Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy to become Energy Secretary has no basis, according to Must Read Alaska...
Third quarter: Dems outraised Rs in House, Senate races
Democrat candidate Alyse Galvin outraised Congressman Don Young, and Democrat Al Gross outraised Sen. Dan Sullivan in the third quarter fundraising cycle, according to...
Ferry restructuring draft report done, final not done
Northern Economics has finished its draft report to the Department of Transportation on the "economic reshaping" of the Alaska Marine Highway System.
The report...
Oil tax hike initiative approved for ballot petition
PETITION BOOKS ARE NEXT STEP TO GETTING IN FRONT OF VOTERS
The "Fair Share" ballot initiative that would gut Alaska's reformed oil tax structure known...