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Not a whole lot got done on the Legislative floor this session, partially due to the large amount of freshman lawmakers on the floor this year- but Tim Bradner breaks down the little that did happen.

Then, Mayor-Elect Dave Bronson announces his new transition team, same as the old team. He literally picked up Dan Sullivan's chief of staff, Larry Baker. As Bradner predicts, a "Conservative, cautious, old-guard Republican" administration, with little to "no bomb-throwers".

Last year, a website called "Show Us The Money" included a model of Alaska's debt situation and invited Alaskans to try to fix it themselves. Results show that the discussion of the budget hardly reflects the course of action most Alaskans would take if they were running the show.

Meanwhile, in DC, a signature from duly-elected, actual President of the United States of America Joe Biden makes the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act into law. The temporary waiver of the Passenger Vessel Services Act allows cruise ships to come directly to Alaska without stopping in Canada first.

If you've looked around recently, tourists are already coming to Alaska, in droves, by plane. That's good news for the economy.

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Not many bills get through the gate in Legislature’s regular session, but many are pending for next year

There weren’t many bills that passed the Legislature is its regular 2021 session that ended May 19. That isn’t unusual in the first session of a two-year Legislature, particularly one like this year’s with a large number of first year…

Alaska Tourism Restoration Act Signed Into Law

Today U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-AK) participated in a White House ceremony this afternoon as the President signed into law their legislation, H.R. 1318, the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act (ATRA). Their bill,…

Anchorage’s mayor-elect names political veterans to handle transition

Anchorage’s mayor-elect Dave Bronson has named well-known political veterans Larry Baker and Craig Campbell to lead his transition.

Show us the money, redux: Alaskans respond to the chance to balance the budget

Last fall, we asked Alaskans to “show us the money” using a new website that models the State of Alaska’s fiscal year 2022 budget challenge. Using the current year budget as a baseline and incorporating the then-most current revenue projections,…

ABC, FOX, CW channels restored for GCI customers

GCI announced today that it has reached an agreement with Vision Alaska and Coastal Television to broadcast ABC, FOX and CW channels for its customers statewide.

What racism keeps forgetting

White people and Black people. It’s a back and forth that’s as old as the United States. Here's the thing about racism — It’s a human construct, much like money. What that means is that these concepts only exist within…

Killing wildlife to see who wins

Would you like to earn money and prizes by killing coyotes, foxes, cougars, bobcats, wolves, raccoons, squirrels, crows, rattlesnakes, rabbits, prairie dogs, woodchucks or skunks?

Life is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain.
Padre Pio, born May 25, 1887

I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things.
Ian McKellen, born May 25, 1939

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, born May 25, 1803

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