Yearly Archives: 2019
Rep. Laddie Shaw chosen to serve Senate Seat M
Rep. Laddie Shaw is Gov. Michael Dunleavy's choice to serve the Senate Seat M vacancy.
Shaw currently fills the House District 26 seat the was...
Floyd Hall, stolen car retriever and folk hero, takes plea deal
Floyd Hall, who is legendary in Anchorage for tracking down and recovering stolen cars, has accepted a plea deal: He won't chase stolen cars...
#MeToo movement backlash hits women in workforce
Fallout from the #MeToo movement has hit working women in unexpected ways, according to a survey explained by the Harvard Business Review.
Since the #MeToo...
Fashion review: Patagonia wants to own camo as ‘bear witness’ color
By CRAIG MEDRED
CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS
Patagonia – the California-based clothing company that last winter announced its new corporate mission is to “Save the Planet” – might be...
Alaska Life Hack: Smoke gets in your eye with Kenai fire
WORST AIR IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE; TRAVEL TO KENAI BY ROAD IS DIFFICULT
Southcentral Alaska residents don't need to be told: The air quality is --...
Balash and Udall trade barbs over BLM decentralization
Photo: Joe Balash, left, Sen. Tom Udall
A U.S. senator from the impoverished state of New Mexico (second poorest in the nation) strenuously objects to...
BP, and its money, will be missed
By ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
It is amazing to watch as the news that BP is planning to leave the state rattles through the nonprofit universe...
Former Rep. Lynn Gattis battens down the hatches in Bahamas
Former House Rep. Lynn Gattis and her husband Rick are building a vacation home in the Bahamas on Abaco Island at Marsh Harbour. Tonight...
Losing BP: A wake-up call for tax-and-spenders?
The news about BP exiting Alaska came as no surprise to industry participants in the state; it had been rumored for months, with increasing...
Janus: The unions will play for time
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THEY'LL LITIGATE UNTIL THEY CAN ELECT A DIFFERENT GOVERNOR
By ART CHANCE
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
I’ve been the bad smell in the Republicans’ ballroom ever since Janus v....