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Archive of Alaska on Wednesday July 01, 2009
AK: Sarah Palin story sparks Republican family feud
A hard-hitting piece on Sarah Palin in the new Vanity Fair has touched off a blistering exchange of insults among high-profile Republicans over last year's GOP ticket -- tearing open fresh wounds about leaks surrounding Palin and revealing for the first time some of the internal wars that paralyzed the campaign in its final days. Read More
AK: Pro-Palin Web site attacks Fairbanks Rep. Jay Ramras over BP stock
A pro-Palin Web site is crying foul over Rep. Jay Ramras' ownership of BP stock, prompting the Fairbanks Republican to defend his holdings and his integrity. Read More
Financial crisis torments states
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009) California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps. Read More
AK: University of Alaska supporters propose change to donation tax credits
University of Alaska supporters want the Legislature to remove a cap on donations eligible for state tax credits. Read More
AK: Palin e-mail hacker asks for dismissal
A Tennessee college student charged with hacking into former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail was in court Tuesday asking for a dismissal. Read More
AK: Conflicting info on fish runs coming out of Yukon River
Fish politics are complicated, emotional and in full swing on the Yukon River. Gov. Sarah Palin says Emmonak and the surrounding region is doing well gathering fish for the winter. Yet in other communities some fishermen are resorting to civil disobedience to get their take. Read More
AK: Palin -- I'd come out ahead in a run against president
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she'd come out ahead if she went one-on-one with fellow jogger President Barack Obama in a long run, according to an interview published online Tuesday. "I betcha I'd have more endurance," she told Runner's World magazine. Read More
US: Colorado the least obese state
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Read More |
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