Alaska fuel crisis averted - go back to sleep on Arctic policy Alaska Dispatch “Down South” Coast Guard and elected officials can sleep soundly knowing no one was killed and no one outside Alaska was inconvenienced. DC policy makers can move on to the pressing issue du jour. The National Science Foundation remains the smartest ...
Alaska Dispatch's best stories: Jan. 29-Feb. 4 Alaska Dispatch Meanwhile, in politics closer to home, several generations of former Anchorage mayors came together to endorse a citizens initiative, One Anchorage, that aims to extend equal rights to everyone living in Alaska's largest city, regardless of their ...
Alaska divesting from Iran? Alaska Dispatch In a move that risks putting Alaska's money in the center of testy Middle East politics -- a proposed law would require that Alaska's bulging bank accounts stay out of the hands of those who do business in Iran. If it becomes law, it will be the first ...
DELAWARE: O'Donnell's political arm faces significant monetary shortfall Bethany Beach Wave O'Donnell's political idol, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, reportedly refused to share a stage with her at a September tea party rally in Iowa. In August, O'Donnell grabbed national headlines for a day after abruptly ending an interview on CNN after ...
Conservative forum carries undercurrent of tension about options DesMoinesRegister.com The Des Moines Register's chief politics reporter, Jennifer Jacobs, will cover the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC, Thursday through Saturday. Three GOP presidential candidates — Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum ...
Court ruling could have ripple effect on many election districts Fairbanks Daily News-Miner The Peloponnesian war arises in a discussion about choice and necessity and Balto pops up in a footnote about how Fairbanks is hub to rural Alaska and that the 1925 serum run began in Nenana. While he rejected claims that partisan politics led to ...
Refusing to refudiate: 'Alaska by Heart' a successful Palin spoof Fairbanks Daily News-Miner The Pagen we meet in this decidedly funny sendup of politics, Alaska, Alaskans and our most famous Alaskan, has never occupied the governor's chair or any other political office. But that isn't stopping her from running for the highest office in the ...
Who benefited most from charity Alaska bear hunts for veterans? Alaska Dispatch Eventually, the first charity ever created by Joe the Plumber -- yes, the infamous Joe the Plumber, the Larry the Cable Guy of American politics sans the comedy act -- would spring from the pile of bear hides left after these hunts.
In Oil-Rich Alaska, Will the Good Times Last? Governing (blog) Otherwise, he says, the companies will invest elsewhere around the world, threatening the gains Alaska has made. “If our policy is to grab all the tax dollars we can from declining oil production today, our children and grandchildren will have to fend ...