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Yearly Archives: 2019

Sen. Hughes files for Seat F; & Rep. Wilson files for what?

Sen. Shelley Hughes made it official this week, filing for reelection for Senate Seat F, Palmer. Hughes has lived in Alaska 43 years and in...

Goldman Sachs dumps on Alaska while investing in Russian Arctic oil

While Goldman Sachs, one of the largest investment enterprises in the world, has caved to radical environmentalists by saying the company won't invest in...

New taxes with ‘Project ’20s’

ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET While you might not ever know it from local news media, a shadowy group has formed to push a sales tax initiative,...

Alaska’s tobacco minimum age could be 21, if Trump signs spending bill Friday

BILL REPEALS CADILLAC TAX FROM ALASKA HEALTH INSURANCE The minimum age to buy tobacco products will go from 19 to 21 in Alaska and several...

Goldman Sachs redlines Alaska and Trump, (but was OK with funding Hillary?)

A MAJOR FLIP-FLOP ON ARCTIC OIL AND GAS INVESTMENT It was just 18 months ago that former Gov. Bill Walker announced he had struck an...

Ranked choice voting? Why progressives want it here

By ANN BROWN The day before the Independence Day holiday last summer, local progressives filed a petition ironically named “Alaskans for Better Elections,” which would destroy the...

Brighter side of warm winter: Lower heating bills

By CRAIG MEDRED After an unusually warm fall, Alaska’s urban core is heading into the winter season looking wholly unseasonable, but there could be a...

Grow up: Why is the State responsible for serving Real ID services off the grid?

ANALYSIS: NOT THE STATE'S JOB TO SPOON-FEED BUSH ALASKA The 30 DMV offices around Alaska are busy issuing Real IDs to Alaskans who come through...

Breaking: Obamacare individual mandate struck down by appeals court

The U.S. Fifth District Court of Appeals, based in Florida, has struck down the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, also known as...

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