At least two of the state employees who promoted Dunleavy during the campaign as part of their state employment—Dave Stieren and Andrew Jensen—collected raises during the campaign year, according to state employment figures as of the end of October.
Read MoreThe three Republicans who refuse to be part of the organization, Mike Shower, Shelley Hughes and Robb Myers responded with whining, moaning and groaning. The claim by this disgruntled trio that Republicans who joined the organization have betrayed or defied the voters is nonsense.
Read More•The claim that the $25 billion corporate merger of the companies that own Fred Meyer and Safeway will lead to more choices, higher employee wages and lower costs for consumers is laughable for Alaskans. What is Dunleavy’s Attorney General Tregarrick Taylor saying about it? Nothing.
Read MoreThe transportation department denies its partnership with Kinross, of course, but until Gov. Mike Dunleavy, transportation commissioner Ryan Anderson and his staff end their studied passivity, the state is abrogating its duty to Alaskans in failing to deal with public safety questions, costs and the impact of the trucking plan on other drivers.
Read MoreSen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Peltola, who each had the most first-place votes in their contests, cemented their victories Wednesday through ranked choice voting.
Read MorePreacher Kelly Tshibaka, who lied throughout her campaign for the U.S. Senate, is still at it.
Tshibaka appeared again on extremist Steve Bannon’s podcast and said nothing as he claimed to her that the final Alaska vote count is being illegally manipulated, claiming the “Murkowski machine” is calling the shots.
Read More“In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.”
When he said that, Vin Scully was referring to the 1988 World Series home run by Kirk Gibson, but his memorable line fits the improbable and impossible saga of Mary Pelota’s rise to Congress.
Read MoreThe Daily News-Miner weekend coverage of Aaron Lojewski’s decision to dump the Climate Change Action Committee swallows his claim—without any scrutiny—that this was a reasonable action. Lojewski’s action was not at all reasonable, though he is trying to pass off his sneaky behavior as the work of an enlightened leader.
Read MoreFrom him I learned not to be intimated by the pomposity of poseurs who could not stop bragging about their rigorous intellectual pedigrees. I learned the simple truth that knowing and loving the literature was what was important in being a writer and a scholar.—Terrence Cole
Read MoreNat Herz, one of the top young journalists in Alaska, has started a newsletter that is worth your attention and financial support. His latest post at Northern Journal is about the pending nature gas shortage in Cook Inlet, a prospect that has enormous implications for Southcentral Alaska and Fairbanks. We’ve seen this problem before and no one has an easy answer. As Yogi Berra either did or did not say, “It’s like deja vu all over again.
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