Just because hockey season is ending doesn’t mean we can’t still watch a good fight.
As usual, it’s the end of the legislative session and the climax will be the budget circus. First the Legislature takes out all the Governor’s favorite stuff. Then the governor vetoes the legislature’s favorite stuff. Then they each [...]

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It seems these days, from reading the Anchorage Daily News and a few others, we can assume many of our Republican politicians are related because they all have the same surname, “Who-is-under-investigation.” The few who have been indicted and convicted have given the opposition a broad brush with which to blacken the rest of [...]

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Governor Sarah Palin has said that Alaska needs to depend less on congressional earmarks.
Some folks view earmarks as a subversion of the legislative process; others say earmarks are a constitutionally allowed way for congress to direct funds so they are spend on their intended projects.
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This week’s cartoon illustrates an unintended consequence of “clean elections” laws, based on the experience of some other states. Find the full cartoon in the Ketchikan Daily News, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, or next week in the Voice of the Times online.
Click here to read more about the Alaska Clean Elections Initiative.
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The Palin administration has sent out clear signals that they’re not ferry-friendly. Where is the Alaska ferry system headed? Check out this week’s editorial cartoon in the Ketchikan Daily News.
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Where will Alaska’s “clean elections” funding come from if the voters initiative passes?
Here is the editorial cartoon as printed in the Ketchikan Daily News. Click on the image for the full cartoon.

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This week’s cartoon in the Ketchikan Daily News addresses the Alaskan voters initiatives (and one bill in the legislature) that address “clean water.” Or do they?
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Recently we’ve been hearing how much money Alaska has as a result of abnormally high oil prices. And Governor Palin likes to flaunt her increased oil tax revenues before they are realized. But remember it was only five years ago, at the end of the Tony Knowles administration, that we were headed for [...]

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There are a few issues on the radar screen today with editorial cartoon potential. The most hotly debated is the Real ID issue.
According to the Anchorage Daily News, Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anc) is pushing legislation that would defy the federal government’s mandate for states to issue driver’s licenses in compliance with the federal Real [...]

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