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Yearly Archives: 2022

Last-minute gift: Bear viewing raffle tickets for McNeil River State Game Sanctuary

Alaska Department of Fish and Game has a novel idea for a gift for that someone who seems to have everything. You can enter...

Rick Whitbeck: AIDEA needs your vocal support

By RICK WHITBECK | POWER THE FUTURE This state agency is self-sufficient and profitable, returning nearly half a billion dollars in dividends to the State...

Sullivan votes no on $1.7 trillion omnibus spending monster, while Murkowski votes yes

Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan voted against the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill today, filled with controversial earmarks and gun control measures. Sen. Lisa...

Word police: Stanford wants you to stop saying ‘American’

Stanford University has entered the brave new world of language policing. Only you can't use the word "brave" in this colorful new world. You...

House passes bill naming volcano after Don Young

Alaska Congressman Don Young, who died on March 18 at the age of 88, will be honored by having a volcano in the Aleutian...

Some senators balk at omnibus spending bill: $1.7 trillion, 4,100 pages, and full of earmarks to shock taxpayers

The Wall Street Journal calls it the "ugliest omnibus bill ever." Congress will pass a 4,155-page bill most members will never read. That's more...

Anchorage Assembly plans investigation of accusations made by former city manager over contract improprieties

Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance and Vice Chair Christopher Constant issued a statement regarding the termination of Municipal Manager Amy Demboski and her subsequent revelations...

AIDEA, Alaska’s development agency, brings on Randy Ruaro as executive director

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority Board of Directors announced the appointment of Randy Ruaro as the new AIDEA executive director, effective Jan....

Mike Dunleavy: Alaska’s map to clean hydrogen leadership

By GOV. MIKE DUNLEAVY Alaska, at the Northwest corner of the U.S., and hydrogen, at the top left of the periodic table, share more than...

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