The Midnight Sun

Washington Post: "The low level of trust in government is not surprise. The public is generally pessimistic about the economy and the direction of the country, and there is no major foreign policy crisis to rally the public around...

Earlier today a group of citizens including Deborah Bronson (wife of Alaska Family Council board member Dave Bronson) and former Anchorage Republican Women's Club President Judy Eledge filed a proposed petition to repeal the Anchorage gay rights ordinance (AO-96)...

This summer U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski joined forces with Michigan Congressman Fred Upton to form a lucrative campaign marriage known as a joint fundraising committee. Such committees are designed so two or more candidates can team up for fundraisers, split the costs, and then divide the donations. This is a common practice for congressional candidates across the country, however what is notable about the Murkowski-Upton Victory Committee is that instead of grouping candidates from the same state or geographic region the Murkowski-Upton partnership groups the candidates by economic interest.

KTUU raids KTVA, Reinbold gets some party support, and the end of the year fundraiser season starts

Seeing Halcro stand in the middle of the DTC, surrounded by stereotypical DTC inhabitants, drop the hammer on many of them was a powerful statement of the direction he is taking with the facility, and the community, for better or worse, ought to know it.

During Tuesday night's budget talks at the assembly, Assemblyman Paul Honeman apparently got tired of the many budget amendments offered by Assemblywoman Amy Demboski. He had this to say:

As we reported earlier this month, the 17 seat Anchorage Superior Court had become almost entirely male, with 16 men and only 1 woman. That disparity provided good reason to believe Governor Bill Walker would lean towards appointing one of the two female nominees put forward by the Alaska Judicial Council for the seat being vacated by the retiring Judge Michael Spaan.

If you are worried that Donald Trump is taking the country by storm, statistician Nate Silver of FiveThrityEight.com says the numbers should provide ample solace Trump isn’t the juggernaut the media is making him out to be.

Fauske out, Hopkins in, and Dems doubling down to take out GIessel. Its Friday in the sun!!!!!

Murkowski is once again positioning herself as the Anti-Obama.