The Edge Update: Grunwald trial update, Franken resigns and same-sex marriage...
Re: Erick Almandinger and David Grunwald, Senator Al Franken of Minnesota and Dec. 7 legalization of same-sex marriage in Australia.
View ArticleNews brief: University of Alaska planning multiple cuts, tuition increase in...
After two budget drafts released Thursday, President Jim Johnsen proposed ways of saving money for University of Alaska’s next fiscal year, starting July 1. This draft included hundreds of staff cuts...
View ArticleThe Edge Update: Gov. Bill Walker, Rolling Stone and Brexit
Local news: Governor Bill Walker announced Friday that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. However, the governor says that the cancer is treatable and won’t affect his performance. “It is...
View ArticleThe Edge Update: University of Alaska tuition increase, Donald Trump and...
On Thursday, Nov. 10, the University of Alaska Board of Regents approved a five percent increase in tuition for students in the UA system during the 2017-18 academic year. The increase is in response...
View ArticleThe Edge Update: Offshore drilling, Trump cabinet appointments and seasonal Zika
The Obama administration has cancelled Arctic offshore lease sales through 2022. On Friday, the Department of the Interior released a plan for offshore drilling leases that eliminated two proposed...
View ArticleThe Edge Update: New police officers, unemployment drops and French...
Last Thursday, 26 new officers graduated from the Anchorage Police Department Academy. Anchorage has had a rise in crime this year and APD has been highly understaffed. Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has...
View ArticleThe Edge Update: Mike Kelly, Russian hacking and South Korean impeachment
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, former Republican state representative Mike Kelly of Fairbanks died in a plane crash in Fort Wainright. Kelly was flying a single-engine craft when it crashed on military property...
View ArticleThe Edge Update: Alaska legislative session, Trump congressional feuds and...
Alaskan legislators have revealed the bills they’ll be working to push through in the upcoming legislative session, and only a handful address the budget crisis. Some of the proposed measures include...
View ArticleThe Edge Update: Alaska stalking, El Chapo extradited and warming global...
According to a new survey, more than a third of Alaskan women have been stalked. The results come from the Alaska Victimization Survey, a study conducted in 2015 by the state Council on Domestic...
View ArticleThe Edge Update: Alaska income tax, conflicts of interest and domestic...
The Edge Update can be heard every weekday on KRUA 88.1 FM The Edge, UAA’s college radio station. Local A wealthy Alaskan businessman is campaigning against a statewide income tax, a policy that may...
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