Last week, the Alaska House approved a draft of the state operating budget for the next fiscal year. On Monday, the Alaska Senate approved another… Continue reading
The presidency has been occupied by lawyers, ex-generals, a former actor and even a peanut farmer, but never before by a pitchman.Donald Trump seeks to… Continue reading
It’s often said that good compromises leave everyone equally unhappy. That may be the case with the recently approved trans-Alaska oil pipeline valuation settlement between… Continue reading
In his continuing effort to pit races and classes against each other, Democratic presidential candidate and socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) has said that if… Continue reading
Over the past several days lawmakers at the state and federal levels have approved measures to address the increase in opioid abuse taking place across… Continue reading
ORLANDO, Fla. — Donald Trump says he can unify the country. Now, he has to prove it.The Republican presidential front-runner canceled a Friday night rally… Continue reading
The agencies tasked with responding to wildland fires on the Kenai Peninsula and across Alaska already are gearing up for fire season. Kenai Peninsula residents… Continue reading
It was the “excuse me” that echoed around Democratic politics.In their intense Flint, Michigan, debate, Bernie Sanders pointedly said to Hillary Clinton in the heat… Continue reading
I met Bella Hammond when she came to Valdez in the 1970s to present a First Lady Volunteer Award. That was at the inception of… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker’s Ketchikan visit this week prompted ideas to flow for Gravina Island access.Ideas continue.About $90 million — give or take — is available… Continue reading
Hey Alaska! Have you heard about a plan that would help stabilize government services, enhance our fiscal health, prevent a deficit driven recession and ensure… Continue reading
On the one hand, this campaign makes life really easy for us pundits. We don’t have to be very creative or entertaining. There’s no way… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature is midway through its annual 90-day session and working with diligence, we hope, on a way out of the state’s untenable financial… Continue reading
It was just 18 months ago that Alaskans voted for more oil production when they soundly rejected Ballot Measure 1, which sought to repeal SB… Continue reading
“Give ‘em the old razzle dazzleRazzle Dazzle ‘emGive ‘em an act with lots of flash in itAnd the reaction will be passionateGive ‘em the old… Continue reading
Really? An Obama administration earthquake summit without Alaska? In the United States?Come on.Alaska is one of the few states that’s experienced a major earthquake. It… Continue reading
If there’s anything we thought we knew about the GOP, it is that it is the party of Reagan.Paying obeisance to Ronald Reagan — his… Continue reading
News that an outbreak of canine parvovirus has descended on Interior Alaska is highly concerning. It’s even worse that it’s here as dogs and mushers… Continue reading
In the film “Girl, Interrupted,” the character played by Winona Ryder is watching TV in a psychiatric hospital. There is a news report about a… Continue reading
Who knew that when Sen. Lindsey Graham, the thwarted GOP presidential candidate, stated that his Grand Old Party had gone “(expletive) crazy,” he was not… Continue reading
