OPINION: To pay a full PFD we must name the cuts & untangle Alaska budgetary knots
If you want a larger PFD without risking the Fund, you must either (a) name the cuts (and the lost federal matches), (b) name the new revenues, or (c) change the rules (and defend the long-term consequences). If you want stable services without shrinking the
JIM MINNERY: Unsettling encounter at Alaska coffee shop clarifies why we must speak truth
Dialogue with the likes of people like Bob and I, despite the fact that she was actually the one who came to our table, was useless according to her. We should not be allowed to have any platform. We should be
CONSUMER ALERT: Alaska AG warns against utility round-up programs like Chugach Electric’s
Chugach Electric’s controversial new charitable giving program will not be curtailed by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, but Attorney General Stephen Cox has issued a consumer protection alert, warning citizens about such
While Alaska nixed Columbus Day in 2015, Trump proclamation honors ‘American hero’
While Alaskans haven’t officially celebrated Columbus Day for a decade now, it remains one of 10 federal holidays and continues to be celebrated in most states on the second Monday in October (Oct. 13 this
OPINION: Alaska’s PFD is not socialism unless dividends make you a comrade
It always amazes me when I hear people claim that the PFD is “socialism.” What’s the ordinary meaning of socialism? Government ownership or control of the means of production across the economy. Alaska doesn’t run oil companies, grocery stores, or
Citizens tell Anchorage school board to hold teachers accountable for ‘veiled threats of violence’
A group of deeply concerned parents and citizens showed up to the Oct. 7 Anchorage School Board meeting to demand accountability for two teachers who they say have engaged in hateful and threatening rhetoric regarding President Trump and the late Charlie
OPINION: Alaska Health Div. misleads public by undermining new Covid guidelines
Nowhere in the state’s recommendation do I see the CDC requirement that this be an individual-based decision-making shared between the individual and the healthcare provider. Yet, that was the essence of the CDC recommendation. Alaska’s SOE recommendation
Kenai hand-count prop. trails, but prop. to change election date may help conservatives in future
While conservatives may be dismayed with early returns on the hand-count effort, a second proposition to change borough election dates to align with the State of Alaska’s election dates is doing much better. In early returns this proposition was
Early Returns: Leftist, Democrat-backed candidate leads City of Palmer mayoral race
The left-leaning former Palmer Mayor Jim Cooper may be headed back to the mayor’s office if his election-night lead holds up. The socially liberal Cooper, who is backed by Mat-Su Democrats, is leading his nearest challenger, John Alcantra, by a vote of 157
Fairbanks leaning Left in initial election night returns
Early results in Fairbanks do not look good for most conservative
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