September 2, 2010

Alaska Dispatch

Twitter Facebook YouTube RSS
Tundra Telegraph
Outpost

Does Alaska have standing to sue over health care?

Gov. Sean Parnell, advised by Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan, might be on thin legal ice in his decision to challenge the part of the federal insurance reform act that mandates individuals buy insurance or pay a tax penalty.

The seven-pill itch

I made a textbook amateur mistake when I broke out in hives last week: I checked WebMD. Which, of course, told me I was going to die more or less immediately.

Judge grants delay in caribou waste case

Two weeks before their trials were scheduled to begin, eight hunters from the village of Point Hope learned they may have to wait until next year to take their case to a jury.

Halcro weighs in on campaign style

"It reminds me of the old Buggles song ‘Video Killed the Radio Star,' except my song would be ‘Armani killed the political candidate.'"

Poe out-Alaskans Berkowitz

Looks like the race is on among Democratic candidates for governor to produce the most Alaskan campaign photographs possible.

Berkowitz's Carhartt makeover

ethan_carharttWill the new, improved Outdoor Adventure Ethan win over voters?

Democrats pick three candidates to fill Foster's seat

Democrats have forwarded three names as replacement candidates for the late Richard Foster's House of Representatives seat.

Did the feds cover up sex allegations against Bill Allen?

Was it more important to the feds to investigate Alaska politicians for alleged corruption than probing a prominent businessman accused of sexually abusing minors?