Yearly Archives: 2020

Geeking out on trends: D-Party has lost 2.54% of their AK voters in two years

Suzanne Downing - January 14, 2020 5

LOSSES IN NEARLY EVERY PART OF THE STATE Alaska has lost population -- about 8,000-10,000 people is the estimate of the drop in residents in...

Senate bills: Higher oil taxes, constitutional amendments

Suzanne Downing - January 13, 2020 10

The Senate prefiled bills from Friday, Jan. 10 include a major rewrite of Alaska's oil taxes, to increase the taxation on the largest fields...

Oil tax petition signatures to be turned in on Friday

Suzanne Downing - January 13, 2020 6

“Alaska's Fair Share" oil tax initiative proponents say that they have collected over 40,000 signatures to place their initiative on the ballot. On Friday,...

House bills: State song, mental health, prisoners

Suzanne Downing - January 13, 2020 4

The first batch of pre-filed bills for the Legislature includes the spectrum of the sublime to the ridiculous. Most of the bills in the...

Alaska Democrats organize to conduct private primary

Suzanne Downing - January 12, 2020 5

RANKED VOTING, MAIL-IN, YOUTH VOTE, GENDER CHOICE Alaska Democrats are not going to caucus in gymnasiums to determine who their nominee is for president this...

Poll pays you to say which message works on ‘Better Elections’ propaganda

Suzanne Downing - January 11, 2020 11

ILLEGAL POLL SOFTENS TARGET FOR INFLUENCE CARPET-BOMBING The "Better Elections" ballot initiative, funded with money from progressive groups outside Alaska, is running a web-based...

Revenue Department sold off key stocks at end of year

Suzanne Downing - January 11, 2020 5

The Alaska Department of Revenue, which has $7.7 billion in public fund investments, sold off some of its key holdings at the end of...

Dunleavy fundraiser/rally raises cash to defend gov.

Suzanne Downing - January 11, 2020 25

SUPREME COURT DECISION NOTWITHSTANDING, IT'S FULL-STEAM AHEAD FOR BOTH SIDES About 200 people came through the fundraiser for Gov. Mike Dunleavy in Anchorage on Friday...

‘We don’t like it’ becomes legal argument to recall

Suzanne Downing - January 10, 2020 21

By ART CHANCE Once again I was up at oh-dark-thirty on a cold morning and someplace I didn’t really want to be. I was representing MRAK...

Lousy election overhaul petition gets its signatures

Suzanne Downing - January 10, 2020 8

THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET Backers of a proposed ballot initiative aimed at massively changing elections in Alaska have turned in more than 41,000 signatures in...

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Congress: 220 Republicans, 213 Democrats, with a handful of unsettled races

Trump picks for Energy, Interior signal a return to energy dominance for America

Homer Spit Road suffers from storm damage