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Alaska Charges $200 Hourly for Document Requests

By | 10.27.08 | 9:30 am

LANDSDOWNE, Va. — As it turns out, making photo copies for the state of Alaska is good work, if you can get it.

A few weeks ago, while reporting from Alaska, I filed a request for all of the resumes submitted for the governor’s consideration for appointments to boards and More…

Palin’s Hometown Paper Endorses Obama

By | 10.27.08 | 6:01 am

ORLANDO, Fla. — With all the speculation about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s future on the national stage, remember: she’s got problems back at home.

If Palin doesn’t become vice president, a number of scandals await her return — including the second Troopergate investigation, questions about collecting state per diem while More…

On McCain, Voters More Worried About Palin Than Iraq, Economy

By | 10.21.08 | 7:32 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A new MSNBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds that voters are concerned about Gov. Sarah Palin’s ability to fill the role of vice president.

From MSNBC:

Now, Palin’s qualifications to be president rank as voters’ top concern about McCain’s candidacy — ahead of continuing President Bush’s policies,

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Palin Charged State for Children’s Travel

By | 10.21.08 | 6:23 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Associated Press reports that Gov. Sarah Palin has amended Alaska travel disclosure forms to note that her children were performing state business when they were brought on trips, even to those in which they were not invited.

Palin: Vice President Is in Charge of the Senate

By | 10.21.08 | 2:30 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Think Progress has a great catch. At the end of an interview with a local TV station in Colorado, Gov. Sarah Palin said she thinks the vice president’s job is to be “in charge of the U.S. Senate.”

Third-grader Brandon Garcia asked what Palin thinks More…

Palin Family Eligible for Free Federal Health Care

By | 10.21.08 | 9:35 am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Tom Kizzia of the Anchorage Daily News wrote an interesting profile of Todd Palin’s 87-year-old grandmother this week that offers a glimpse at the ties between the Palins, whose story is like many white frontier families, and Native Alaskans.

Kizzia, who wrote a book on native More…

Palin Stands by ‘Palling Around With Terrorists’ Comment

By | 10.21.08 | 9:06 am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An interview with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin by the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody is scheduled to air on “The 700 Club”  over ABC Family channel Tuesday night.  Palin has reportedly said she stands by accusing Sen. Barack Obama of “palling around with terrorists” and would use More…

Defining ‘Victory’ in Iraq

By | 10.16.08 | 4:24 pm

It was supposed to be a presidential election about the war in Iraq, with the war’s most stalwart defender in the Senate squaring off against an early and vigorous dissenter. But a global economic disaster has a way of refocusing the public debate.

At bottom, Sen. John McCain, the GOP More…

In Debate, McCain Goofs on Palin Points

By | 10.16.08 | 9:05 am

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — During the presidential debate last night in Hempstead, N.Y., Sen. John McCain segued into explaining why Gov. Sarah Palin would make a better president than Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, by saying: “she’s a role model to women.”

McCain then sought to define Palin by More…