Anchorage Edition: August 27, 2010

Fri, August 27, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Miller v. Murkowski primary results so far
Gubernatorial primary
Mead Treadwell clobbers Jay Ramras
Alaska’s legislative races
Palin factor?

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Anchorage Edition: August 20, 2010

Fri, August 20, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Ted Stevens’ memorial service
The legacy of “Uncle Ted”
Primary elections coming up on Tuesday
Tea Party polls, Miller lagging 10 points behind Murkowski
“Independent Audit Faults Begich, Assembly”
Perspective on emotional interview with GCI’s Ron Duncan

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Anchorage Edition: August 13, 2010

Thu, August 12, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Ted Stevens dies in plane crash
Stevens’ early career
Rescue on Knik Glacier
Primary approaching quickly
Government conduct in Vic Kohring corruption trial
Candidates endorsed by Palin

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Anchorage Edition: August 6, 2010

Fri, August 6, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Justice Department drops investigation of Rep. Don Young
Potential effects of an arctic oil spill
Outlook on the primary election
Modernizing and updating Alaska’s map
Dust control in villages
ACLU lawsuit on municipal property tax exemption
Is the “Fill the Boot” battle over?
Economic development in rural Alaska

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Anchorage Edition: July 30, 2010

Fri, July 30, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Assembly overturns “Fill-the-Boot” veto
Gene Therriault resigns
Arctic Citizens Advisory Council
“Race to the Top” education program
C-17 crashes at Elmendorf
Former Legislator Bruce Weyhrauch
Ninth Circuit cases heard this week
EPA Administrator is in Alaska
Home stretch of the primary elections
Senator Begich and the energy bill

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Anchorage Edition: July 23, 2010

Thu, July 22, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Jihad in Alaska
Palin and Mayor Bloomberg’s Twitter scuffle
BP and Apache Corporation’s sales deal
Federal Court blocks Chukchi Sea Leases
Murkowski v. Miller heats up
Unemployment extension vote
Upcoming Kagan vote
Tribal Law & Order Bill

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Anchorage Edition: July 16, 2010

Thu, July 15, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Andree McLeod files more ethics complaints against Palin
Apache interested in some BP holdings in Alaska
“Fill the Boot” charity campaign
Nancy Dahlstrom
FBI whistle blower Chad Joy has left the agency
How is the cruise ship industry in Alaska doing?
Designation of critical polar bear habitat
What is Sarah Palin doing with fundraiser money?
Berkowitz and French battle over oil taxes

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Anchorage Edition: July 9, 2010

Fri, July 9, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Appeal to offshore drilling ban
Open season for the gas line
Gov. Parnell’s visit to “Focus on the Family”
Sen. Murkowski backs away from vote favoring first bailout bill sponsored by President Bush
Joe Miller v. Lisa Murkowski Senate race
8(a) contracting
Alyeska CEO Kevin Hostler retiring
Congressman Don Young’s reelection bid

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Anchorage Edition: July 2, 2010

Thu, July 1, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Officers allege racism at the police department
Making bail
Housing for the homeless
Campaign season
Sarah Palin
Mandatory ID checks at liquor stores. Does it work?
BP safety lapses
Bruce Weyhrauch

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Anchorage Edition: June 25, 2010

Thu, June 24, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Supreme Court ruling on Bruce Weyhrauch’s appeal of his corruption indictment
Homelessness in Anchorage
Joe Miller v. Senator Lisa Murkowski
8A contracting conference
Removal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal
Alaskans going to the Gulf of Mexico
Relationship between the state of Alaska and BP
Don Young and the “aginer.”
The Tea Party and Joe Miller
The legacy of the Ted Stevens corruption trial

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Anchorage Edition: June 18, 2010

Thu, June 17, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

Tea Party endorses Joe Miller
Bob Poe drops out of gubernatorial race
Gubernatorial debates
Clean Team Alaska
Keen Smith and juvenile justice
Bears and bicyclists
Labor turmoil at the Sheraton Hotel
BP suspends dividends
Oil-spill commission

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Anchorage Edition: June 11, 2010

Thu, June 10, 2010

Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week are expected to include:

A second Anchorage police officer is shot
Senator Lisa Murkowski’s disapproval resolution
What do Sarah Palin’s endorsements mean?
Sarah Palin is saying President Obama should call her for help with the BP oil spill
Are Alaska legislators ready to take on Governor Parnell’s Denali KidCare veto?
Senators Murkowski and Begich and their BP oil-spill bills
BP’s spill response plan

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