Monthly Archives: October 2010

By Dave Donaldson

Article Four of Alaska’s Constitution requires that every judicial appointee stand for a public vote – approving or rejecting the judge for retention on the bench.  A judge faces the retention vote every six years,  a justice of the Supreme Court, every ten years. Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Senator Lisa Murskowski predicts that Republicans are not likely to take over the U-S Senate as a result of next month’s mid-term elections.  She was speaking to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce today. Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Congressman Don Young and his challenger, Democrat Harry Crawford, today faced an audience in Juneau more interested in specific issues than in personal ones. Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

The Fairbanks Borough is not weighing-in on the claims of its former mayor, Jim Whitaker, that Senate candidate Joe Miller broke ethics rules while an employee. Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

The Obama Administration has announced that deepwater offshore drilling can resume in the Gulf of Mexico – but the decision doesn’t affect Alaska, where shallow water drilling is on hold. Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

The U-S Department of Energy has approved the continuation of Conoco-Phillips/Marathon Liquefied Natural Gas Export License shipments to overseas markets for the next two years. Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

The U-S Department of the Interior is ready to make public its recent review of federal management of subsistence in Alaska. Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

When the federal government announced last week that every state is getting a million dollars to help pay for a new piece of the national health care law, just two states were left off the list:  Alaska and Minnesota.  They didn’t apply.  Alaska’s governor doesn’t want the money. And critics of the Parnell Administration say that decision hurts Alaskans. Continue reading →