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The State Transportation Improvement Plan, known throughout the bureaucratic realm as the STIP, is not supposed to be a top-down affair. Federal law requires that the state...
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A federal judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Alaska and its economic development agency that...
When Rep. Josiah Patkotak (I - HD40 - Arctic Slope) filed his letter of intent to run for mayor of the North Slope Borough, he likely put control of the Alaska State House in play.
Patkotak began caucusing with Republicans...
While Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s decision to cut $87.5 million of the $175 million one-time education funding the legislature approved attracted significant attention and headlines, it was just one of 46 line-item vetoes totaling $200 million. This is the final...
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Last week Sen. Dan Sullivan whined in print that if the Democrats in the Senate really think having no leader of the U.S. Marine Corps for the first time in 164 years is a...
For two years, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson watched as some of his most ardent supporters vacated the eighth floor of City Hall. But there's a confidante who refuses to quit him, and whom Bronson cannot quit either.
Larry Baker, the...
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The “prefeasibility study” of the graphite project 37 miles north of Nome says it would have an internal rate of return of 26 percent before taxes, 22 percent after taxes and a net...
After losing her U.S. Senate race, Kelly Tshibaka quickly started working to undo Alaska’s voter-approved election system, according to a complaint filed today with the Alaska Public Offices Commission.
In doing so, the complaint alleges Tshibaka and her group, Preserve...
While Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s decision to cut $87.5 million of the $175 million one-time education funding the legislature approved attracted significant attention and headlines, it was just one of 46 line-item vetoes totaling $200 million. This is the fourth...
A decision by Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and his administration to not renew a security contract for a controversial city-owned building may cost taxpayers nearly half a million dollars.
On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly approved $479,000 to repair burst pipes...