Mallot Decries Stifling of Public Voice in Resource Management

By on    Opinion, Opinions/Op/Ed/Letters  

Recently Alaskans watched horrific images from a tailings dam failure in British Columbia that released a flood of millions of gallons toxic water and sludge into an important watershed, just in advance of the salmon return.  We witnessed the devastated landscape and heartbroken people facing terrible unknowns about the future of their communities, their food, […]

Holding Parnell to Account on Paying his Bills

By on    Op/Ed and the Editor  

In April I challenged the Parnell administration to explain to the public the steps it has taken to fix Alaska’s Medicaid reimbursement system. (“Alaska Needs to Fix its Medicaid repayment mess” April 22, 2014 Alaska Dispatch).    This system compensates health care providers (i.e., hospitals, clinics, physicians, therapists, etc.) for the services they provide to the […]