Sarah Palin goes lite on whistleblower Edward Snowden – 'nothing will ever be the same for this man' – and calls for 'more revelations' about what a 'big, overgrown government' is doing.
Despite pronouncement from Sen. Cathy Giessel, a state licensing administrator says it's too early to tell how Alaska's oil tax cut is impacting the number of licensed engineers working here.Alex DeMarban
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a disconnect between the interest of the United States in investing in the Arctic compared to other nations was evident at the Arctic Council meeting last month in Sweden.Carey Restino | Bristol Bay Times
She’s baack! Sarah Palin is returning to Fox News as a paid contributor next week, continuing a three-year love affair with the conservative television network after seemingly parting ways in January.Laurel Andrews
In the city of Whittier, 75 miles outside but a world away from Alaska's largest city, controversy is in the air for its 220 residents as they gear up to decide whether to recall longtime Mayor Lester Lunceford over accusations of misconduct.Eli Martin
In the wake of announcements by BP and other oil majors of large investments in Alaska, opponents of Senate Bill 21 that cuts Alaska’s oil taxes are racing to gather signatures for a repeal referendum. The bill’s supporters, meanwhile, are mobilizing to keep the new tax system in place.Eli Martin
More than 200 scientists have endorsed a proposal to protect 77 Tongass National Forest watersheds and the salmon that thrive in them. But the plan faces an uphill battle.Pat Forgey
The Alaska Redistricting Board is starting to work on redrawing the state’s voting districts a week after a state judge chastised the agency for sitting idle despite an Alaska Supreme Court order to start the process.Laurel Andrews
A pair of East Coast congressmen hoping to slam shut the debate over opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development say a proposal by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell to encourage limited exploration is off the table.Alex DeMarban
Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Senate Bill 21 has already been proven successful by new work in Alaska announced by major oil companies ConocoPhillips and BP. Supporters of a referendum to repeal the law say the work was planned well before SB 21 passed. Pat Forgey
Obama and Russia's Vladimir Putin, meeting at the G8 summit, both said they want a negotiated end to the Syria conflict. But that barely masked deep divisions over how best to pressure Syrian President Assad to talk rather than fight.
Prosecutors can use a suspect’s silence during informal police questioning as evidence of guilt at a subsequent trial, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday.
