Yearly Archives: 2021
Win Gruening: We pay, they spend, as Juneau Assembly rejects property tax relief
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
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
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?
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...
Surprise concession: Biden Administration defends Willow project in court
Although pushed hard by environmentalists and his own Department of Interior Secretary to go the other way, the Biden administration is defending the ConocoPhillips...
Jewish Museum, Mad Myrna’s target by hate as swastika stickers show up on buildings
Anchorage Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person or persons responsible for placing swastika stickers on two buildings in Anchorage....
Six years later, a look back at the Berkowitz transition team’s ambitious homeless plan
Six years ago, the incoming administration of Mayor Ethan Berkowitz published an ambitious document detailing the mayor's plans for public safety, homelessness, and the...
Judicial Council advances three names for new Supreme Court Justice, snubs the lone minority rural applicant
The Judicial Council advanced to Gov. Mike Dunleavy the names of three judges to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Alaska Supreme Court. But...
Targeting the Hope Center, Assembly passes measure to force women’s shelters to accept biological males
The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night heard testimony on a change in local law that would force shelters for women to accept biological males....
Acting mayor ends Covid emergency
Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson said today there is no more Covid-19 emergency in Anchorage, and so she has officially ended the emergency order.
She said...