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Senate signs off on reckless $3.6 billion dividend plan
On Tuesday, Sen. Mike Shower, pretending to know that oil prices will stay in the $120-a-barrel range, tried to defend a reckless budget that calls for $3.6 billion in dividends, about $5,600 per...
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Legislature must act to preserve sustainable funding source for scholarships
Ten years ago, Gov. Sean Parnell told legislators it was time to "build a strong fence of moral obligation" around the $400 million the state had set aside in 2011 as an endowment, with the...
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Alaskans deserve to know who's paying the extravagant legal bills for Sarah Palin
Former Gov. Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against the New York Times could ultimately cost $5 million.So who is paying her legal bills and why?In February, Palin lost her five-year-old defamation case, but her Florida...
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‘We didn’t want my fingerprints all over it,’ Bronson said
The news about the so-called Alaska COVID Alliance was not that Mayor Dave Bronson spoke, but that he hid his advance involvement from the public.In a video from the event posted on the...
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Alaska Development Team proves that talk is cheap, development is not
One of the enduring mysteries of the Dunleavy administration is the so-called “Alaska Development Team,” an effort that appears to have grown out of a 2018 campaign promise to recruit “distressed gun manufacturers”...