Alaska News Roundup for November 5
The brewing battle over Bethel’s liquor store permit has yet to be resolved and the contentious issue is spilling over into other matters before the Bethel City Council including conflict of interest...
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Happy Thanksgiving! When things just aren’t coming out the way it looks in the cookbook, Some Life has compiled baking fails to remind you that you’re not alone. The Dispatch’s Dermot Cole has a...
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If you’ve bought your little ones a VTech electronic “learning” toy in the past few years AND utilized their “Learning Lodge” app store database to store all of your kiddo’s creations…congratulations...
View ArticleAlaska News Roundup for December 9
Hitting Obama’s desk in 3…2…1…is a cyber security bill that Congress has worked hard and long on achieving. It is a great example of bipartisan compromise, BUT many civil liberties AND pro-privacy AND...
View ArticleAlaska News Roundup for December 14
This week Congress is going to do whatever it takes to avoid having to stay in DC any longer than necessary and that means playing nice across the aisle to get the Omnibus spending bill passed, pass a...
View ArticleAlaska News Roundup for December 16
The Taj McHawker is increasingly becoming a political “hot potato” (Rep. Lance Pruitt‘s (R-Anchorage) words) and with reelections just around the corner…it comes as no surprise to many that APRN is...
View ArticleAlaska News Roundup for December 21
Congress is out for the week! Get ready to see your Twitter feed explode with constituent meeting photos. One of my little birds is not amused that Gov. Bill Walker has yet to issue a statements on...
View ArticleAlaska News Roundup for December 22
Mat-Su legislators have looked over Gov. Bill Walker’s budget plans and are sharpening their scalpels now that as Rep. Wes Keller (R-Wasilla) put it, “ The easy cuts have already been made.” The...
View ArticleAlaska News Roundup for December 28
This week on Capital Hill will see a ton of bureaucratic procedures (and fingers crossed, parliamentary maneuvering!!) by the Senate to prevent lifting Iran’s sanctions. Alaska’s own William Scannell...
View ArticleAlaska News Roundup for January 13
Some of Newtok’s village leaders have refused to leave their offices after losing a power dispute, but US District Judge Ralph Beistline has authorized the AK State Troopers to forcefully remove the...
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