State agencies and the University of Alaska spent $343 million outside of Alaska for goods and services for government operations in 2015.Gov. Bill Walker points… Continue reading
With Interior roads clean and free of wintertime hazards such as freezing rain, ice fog or glare ice, it can be hard to believe there’s… Continue reading
Even Donald Trump’s defenders on the right are hard-pressed to argue that he is conservative. He is, nonetheless, a kind of conservative dream candidate. Few… Continue reading
CHICAGO — Violent crimes — from homicides and rapes to robberies — have been on the rise in many major U.S. cities, yet experts can’t… Continue reading
I have to confess that I’m not doing a good job as a reporter. I haven’t called Tom Llamas of ABC News so that he… Continue reading
My musical tastes do not include rap and hip-hop, but when Snoop Dogg comments on the “Roots” remake, saying he is tired of movies about… Continue reading
This past week a group of Nikiski residents presented their ideas for incorporating their community.The plan, in essence, would establish a home-rule charter, designating powers… Continue reading
On of the popular definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.And then there’s the Alaska Legislature.After… Continue reading
The typical response when someone saves a small child from harm isn’t “How dare you?”But the Cincinnati Zoo has been subjected to a torrent of… Continue reading
The timing is apt for Gov. Bill Walker to sign a voter registration bill.Walker signed Senate Bill 9 on Friday, almost immediately preceding the observance… Continue reading
Maybe Hillary Clinton’s supporters are correct that after she’s finally put Bernie Sanders away, she’ll stop slipping and once again widen her lead against the… Continue reading
After more than half a century, there may finally be movement in getting a series of polluting test wells on Alaska’s North Slope cleaned up.… Continue reading
The frustration of many voters over the way presidential candidates are selected has come to a head with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the presumptive… Continue reading
When, exactly, should concerns about Alaska’s fiscal and economic future give way to fear? When the general fund fiscal shortfall hits $5 billion each year?… Continue reading
When discussing the proposed huge hike in the tax on cigarettes, remember that a tax is a tax.Backers of a plan to increase the cigarette… Continue reading
A crisis of heath care strikes South Dakota reservations, resulting in deaths. Deaths and crisis beget public outrage and political promises of solutions. Promises of… Continue reading
ST. ALBANS, Vt. — A group that seeks to reunite lost Purple Hearts with service members or their descendants is embarking on an ambitious project:… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — American ships and fighter jets maneuvering across the South China Sea and the Sea of Japan represent the “new normal” in U.S.-Pacific relations… Continue reading
Although it’s what many people on the Kenai Peninsula associate it with, Memorial Day weekend isn’t just about fishing and barbecues. It’s a time to… Continue reading
Hillary Clinton seemed to have everything going for her as the Democratic presidential front-runner. Everyone knew there would be hurdles along the pathway to the… Continue reading
