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Yearly Archives: 2020

Rep. Tammie Wilson resigns

Rep. Tammie Wilson of North Pole has resigned from the House of Representatives. Wilson made the announcement this afternoon on the House floor, saying that...

Roger Holland, contending for Senate, resigns State job to focus on District N race

The man who filed a letter of intent to run against Sen. Cathy Giessel, District N, has resigned from his State of Alaska job...

Failure to override vetoes

ELECTION SET-UP, AND BUDGET BATTLE LINES BECOME MORE CLEAR The surprise joint session of the state House and Senate today failed to override the governor's...

Pat Pitney, Walker budget director, hired by legislature

The numbers guru to replace former Legislative Finance Director David Teal is Pat Pitney, the former budget office director for Gov. Bill Walker. Teal...

Ben Stevens: Legislative leaders never asked about supplemental budget

An emergency joint session of the Legislature was called for Friday at 10:30 am to attempt to override two of the governor's vetoes from...

Skagway News has new publishers – from Chugiak

Gretchen Wehmhoff, pictured above, and Melinda Munson of Chugiak were selected by Larry Persily to be the new publishers of the Skagway News. At least one...

Groundhog Day: Giessel, Edgmon try to override vetoes from last year

A special joint session of the House and Senate has been called for Friday at 10:30 am by Senate President Cathy Giessel and House...

Kabuki court in session: Judge sets fake hearing on issuing recall petitions

JUDGE PURPOSEFULLY DRAINING DUNLEAVY DEFENSE FUNDS? Judge Eric Aarseth is scraping egg off of his face this week. Trying to repair damage to his reputation...

Breaking: Senate Majority ‘death sentence’ in works

Update - The Senate Republican caucus appears to have backed away from the signed budget pledge referred to in this story. It will be...

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