Alaskans were Pretty, Friggin’, Darn angry on Friday, my friends. “Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli,” as George Costanza once observed. It was an emotion that […]
PFD mad, madder, maddest
Third-largest PFD ever – not
UPDATE: This story was updated on Sept. 28, 2016 to include the exact number of qualified PFD applicants for 2015 at 643,678. Some of the math in the story had to […]
This just in….
This is a craigmedred.news exclusive. Craigmedred.news has obtained what appears to be an unedited copy of the transcript of Gov. Bill Walker’s pre-recorded statement on the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend. His statement […]
PFD suit for dummies
If the Legislature is legally required to appropriate money to the Alaska “dividend fund” every year, Gov. Bill Walker is legally entitled to veto the appropriation, and those Alaskans mad about getting […]
Global gas blues
With the administration of Gov. Bill Walker pushing full-speed ahead for an Alaska natural gas pipeline and the full-on export of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the Kenai Peninsula, it might be […]
Money, money, money….
Isn’t it about time Alaskans give Penny and the late Ron Zobel the recognition they deserve for altering history in a way no one could have guessed 30 years ago. Largely due […]
Jay Hammond’s curse
From somewhere in the hereafter, the late Alaska Gov. Jay Hammond must be watching with interest the spectacle of the moment in the state’s capital. Never could the old Bush Rat have […]
Prudhoe Bay scaling back
The news just keeps getting worse for the ailing Alaska economy with BP officially announcing on Monday a plan to idle three oil productions rigs on the North Slope. The cut […]
Free tickets south!
Anyone who thinks Alaska’s current population of almost 800,000 people too big should be all down with Gov. Bill Walker’s plan to reintroduce the income tax, according to Forbes magazine.
Alaska’s biggest problem
Trust is a precious commodity. Once lost, it is difficult, often impossible, to regain. Friendships, marriages and business partnerships die when trust disappears. Many among the 40 to 50 percent of Americans […]
