There’s Alaskan innovation, and then there’s stupidity. And what the legislature did today was definitely not innovation. The Legislature ran out of power last year to permanently spend 75% of …
While the end of the 90-Day session went largely unremarked in Juneau over the weekend, the fact that we are so late in the session is, predictably, now being used …
If things continue on their current trajectory, Alaskans will lose their voice on a very significant issue 23 days from now. The Alaska Constitution spells out that the people shall …
Today’s vote to discriminate against independent homeschool graduates is illustrative of why our state continues to struggle in the area of crime and public safety. It’s no secret that …
But perhaps “hijacked” is too nice a word. Hijackers normally reroute a plane rather than simply pointing the nose to the ground and immediately ending the flight without a word …
We Can't Change our Mind on the PFD—We're not Allowed to. The $2,700 PFD was adopted in a 21-19 vote with all members of the House of Representatives present on …
If you want to know why our state economy is having trouble keeping up with our government spending, there are two places you should look. And both of them were …
The Alaska House of Representatives took a timeout this morning because too many of the people’s elected representatives showed up to work today. Wait…Come again? Shouldn’t legislators be showing up …
When the news hit that my senator, Mike Dunleavy, was resigning from the legislature to run for governor, I immediately began getting phone calls asking if I would consider allowing …
My senator, Mike Dunleavy, resigned two weeks ago to run for governor. The Alaska Constitution spells out the process for choosing his replacement until the next election. Now the governor …
