Is the Navy SEAL bin Laden book writer an Alaskan?
Dutton publishing company has announced an upcoming book written by a former Navy SEAL involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Turns out, the SEAL is from Alaska. Fox News revealed his identity Thursday, but got certain details about him wrong.
Crunch time for hotly contested Ballot Measure 2
If approved, Measure 2 would restore the Alaska Coastal Management Program — a federally funded state agency that operated smoothly, and with little fanfare, for more than 30 years before legislators and the Parnell administration failed to reach a deal to reauthorize it in 2011.
Parnell: Rethink welfare waiver plan
Alaska’s governor has asked U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to reconsider a plan to let states seek major changes in how they meet federal welfare-to-work requirements.
Alaska sues federal government over Voting Rights Act
Yesterday, state attorneys filed a challenge to the federal Voting Rights Act in district court in Washington, DC.
Parnell reiterates pitch for lower oil taxes
Gov. Sean Parnell took to social media Tuesday to reiterate his call for lower oil production taxes.
Congress may lift so-called “earmark ban” next year
Earmarks are the local pet projects of lawmakers that the federal government pays for. There’s political chatter in Washington, D.C. that Congress may alter its self-imposed ban on them come January, but it’s unlikely to revert back to rampant times of the earlier part of this century.
Another 50 paratroopers returning from Afghanistan
About 50 paratroopers are expected to return to Alaska late Wednesday evening from nearly a year’s deployment in the eastern provinces of Afghanistan.
Proposed Riverside Drive bus route dropped for now
A proposal to beef up bus service on Riverside Drive will be put on hold until a Capital Transit Development Plan is revised.
West Juneau residents worry about health, safety issues from condemned home
CBJ says efforts are underway to clean up the lot and assess the home’s structural intregrity. The owner says he’s making progress.
