edited by: Linda Kellen,
Alaska Editor
The life of an Alaska blogger is never dull.
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
One of the biggest open secrets in Alaska politics was confirmed Wednesday morning, when Larry Persily was named Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects.
Last month, President Barack Obama asked Drue Pearce, the Republican who held the job in the Bush Administration, [...]
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
In what's probably a sign of how partisan the debate over health care is getting, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich split their votes Tuesday on a measure that would have restricted how federal money could be used for abortion.
Murkowski, a Republican, voted [...]
From Bill White in Anchorage --
Former state Rep. Ralph Samuels from Anchorage announced this afternoon that he is running for governor in next year’s Republican primary.
Samuels currently is vice president for government and community relations in Alaska for tourism giant Holland America Line.
He served six years in the state House [...]
On Saturday, December 12th, at 1:00 p.m. Alaska time, the blog firedoglake (where I occasionally write) will host a book salon session with Richard Kim and Colin Robinson, the editor and publisher of the new book about the Crazy Woman, titled Going [...] 
From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage--
Andree McLeod’s latest ethics complaint, filed yesterday, complains that Sarah Palin’s legal defense fund continues to solicit contributions.
An investigator hired by the state personnel board, Tom Daniel, found on July 14 that there was “probable cause” the Alaska Fund Trust was in violation of statute. [...]
December 8, 2009: Platt's recent "Inside FERC" newsletter outlines the continued challenges that Alaska's natural gas pipeline faces betwen the state's ill conceived AGIA and rapidly changing market conditions.
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Oh, so many parts….This weeks guests are:-Bob Shavelson, the executive director of Cook Inlet Keeper www.inletkeeper.org -Elstun Lauesen, contributing author to Going Rouge: An American Nightmare
-Eric Croft, an Anchorage attorney and five term member of the Alaska State House.
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As I sit here, recovering from having to sit near so many people who weren't White and who were creepily liberal at the Gridiron Club the other night, I just thought I would pause and thank the Alaska media for helping me become the most bizarrely' [...] 
Last night I got the privilege of witnessing my friend, and fellow Alaskan blogger, Jeanne Devon receive the Muckraker of the year award from the Cook Inlet Keeper's.
I. Parnell continues to emerge from under Palin's pile of crap she left behind.From Sean Cockerham in Anchorage---
Fifteen state representatives wrote Gov. Sean Parnell today to say they were "troubled by the mounting evidence that (Alaska’s 2007 oil tax increase) may wind up doing more harm than good to future oil development."
The representatives, including state House Speaker Mike Chenault and other top [...]
From the Associated Press --
A longtime critic of Sarah Palin has filed an ethics complaint alleging past aides of the former Alaska governor misused state resources during her run as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
Andree McLeod filed her complaint Friday with the state attorney general's office. Five other ethics [...]
The Anchorage International Film Festival begins today, and it's also Art Walk First Friday.This week's LGBT events from the statewide newsletter Alaska GLBT News.Juneau
SEAGLA Social Fridays (6-8 p.m.) for GLBT people and our friends over 21, at The Imperial Bar, downtown.
Fairbanks
LGBTA [...]
--- by E. Ross
