In August 2017 the Anchorage Police Department took 87 fraud reports regarding counterfeit money that had been passed during transactions. The sophistication of the bills being passed in Anchorage is low; the fake money is easy to spot if a few moments are taken to examine it. Legitimate money is 75% cotton and 25% linen […]
What does President Donald Trump’s 2008 sale of a Florida mansion to a Russian billionaire have to do with collusion during the 2016 election? On the surface, not a whole lot. “You know the closest I came to Russia, I bought a house a number of years ago in Palm Beach … for $40 million, […]
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The legislative per diem system should be fixed, in part because we can’t send mixed messages about the worst fiscal crisis in Alaska history. Our bi-partisan Alaska House Majority Coalition came together and took hard votes to fix this crippling, harmful deficit. Some more conservative legislators so far have blocked that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced Monday that the Department of the Interior is distributing more than $29.69 million to eligible local governments throughout Alaska. These payments are made to boroughs and counties across the United States that contain federal lands to help offset the cost of maintaining community services, such as […]