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Anchorage muni clerk insults election observers as Washington Post picks up the story and blames Bronson volunteers

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For Anchorage election workers, this month’s mayoral runoff was like no other, according to the Washington Post. That much is true, but not informative:...

Breaking: Permanent Fund hits $80 billion

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The Alaska Permanent Fund hit $80 billion today, double what it was 10 years ago. On Feb. 28, 1977, the Permanent Fund received its first...

Jan. 6 commission fails in Senate

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Democrats were unable to get the votes needed to set up a special commission to investigate the Jan. 6 surge into the U.S. Capitol...

Passing: Al Kookesh, Southeast Tlingit elder

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JUNEAU - Former State Sen. Albert Matthew Kookesh, Jr. has passed after a long illness. Born in Nov. 24, 1948 in Juneau, he attended Angoon...

Rick Whitbeck: Biden telling America’s Miners they matter less than Canadians, Australians

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By RICK WHITBECK You’d think the Covid-19’s supply chain issues might have been a wake-up call to America. You remember it, right?  Shortages of hand sanitizer. ...

Win Gruening: We pay, they spend, as Juneau Assembly rejects property tax relief

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By WIN GRUENING In a recent City and Borough of Juneau Finance Committee meeting, a majority of Assembly members rebuffed an attempt to provide tax...

Art Chance: When you wish upon a star

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By ART CHANCEJuneau is a nice place to live if you are among the upper levels of the local, state, and federal government and...

Kristie Babcock: Only rural person of color denied opportunity by Chief Justice Bolger

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By KRISTIE BABCOCK Chief Justice Joel Bolger, like many lawyers, is good with words, but the words have no real meaning. This is the lesson I...

What is wrong with these people?

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ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET The Anchorage Assembly’s 8-2 vote this week to change local law to force women’s shelters to accept men who say they are...
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