YEARS AGO Feb. 20, 2002 — The average Alaskan would pay about 3 percent of his or her gross income to the state under Gov. Tony Knowles’ proposed income tax measure, an economist told a House committee on Tuesday. While the tax would take less of a bite...

YEARS AGO Feb. 15, 2002 — Gov. Tony Knowles is striving to place the thorny subsistence issue on the agenda of the Legislature in a session that has so far been consumed with budget debates. On Thursday, Knowles introduced into thelegislative hopper his...

He is introduced in the video above by Amy Coffman of One Anchorage. Former Mayor Matt Clamann is on the left. Former Mayor and former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles is on the right. Yesterday, another important endorsement was received by the campaign.

He was characterized by Sarah Palin in her book Going Rogue as an “effete young chap,” and came in third in a three-way race for governor against Palin, and former Democratic governor Tony Knowles. There’s much to like about Republican Andrew Halcro,...

As we were all going our seperate ways to our cars, Tony Knowles was standing in front of me, grinning, holding out the shovel he was using. It had a gold plaque on it. He explained that it was presented to him (ground-breaking for the Tony Knowles...

Anchorage residents will vote on the initiative on April 3. Former mayors Rick Mystrom, Jack Roderick, Matt Claman, Tony Knowles and U.S. Sen. Mark Begich all spoke in support of the One Anchorage campaign, which backs the initiative, at a press...

And as much as Governor Palin hated the villains (the Alaska Republican Party), they hated her right back. She ousted Gov. Frank Murkowski with more than 50% of the vote in a three-way race for the Republican nomination. She clobbered popular former...

Alaskans testify on killing bears with snares Former Gov. Tony Knowles stepped before the seven-member Alaska Board of Game on Friday to urge an immediate end to the snaring of bears, including grizzlies, as a management tool to boost moose populations.

YEARS AGO Jan. 17, 2002 — Gov. Tony Knowles called on the Legislature to bring back the first state income tax in Alaska since 1979. In his last State of the State address, the outgoing governor proposed a $350 million income tax along with an increased...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Former Gov. Tony Knowles stepped before the seven-member Alaska Board of Game to urge an immediate end to the snaring of bears, including grizzlies, as a management tool to boost moose populations.

Gov. Tony Knowles stepped before the seven-member Alaska Board of Game to urge an immediate end to the snaring of bears, including grizzlies, as a management tool to boost moose populations. The two-term Democrat says luring a bear to a bait bucket,...

Gov. Tony Knowles said he planned to testify Friday against proposals to expand the use of snares to kill bears so that more moose would be available to hunters. He said he has never appeared before the state Board of Game but wants to end the policy. ...

Alaska — A former Alaska governor and former state wildlife biologists are lining up to oppose present and proposed policies that allow the snaring and killing of bears, including grizzlies. Former Gov. Tony Knowles says he will submit testimony Friday...

One strong criticism of the program is that even if regions make a decision about wanting or not wanting a specific development project to occur, the state’s desires can trump them. This happened on the Beaufort Sea under the Tony Knowles...

Palin won the Republican state primary with little difficulty, ousting the incumbent and her former employer, Frank Murkowski, by casting herself as a wholesome outsider unafraid to tackle the old boys’ network. The Feminists for Life member went on to...

Co-chairs of the group are former Gov. Tony Knowles and former state Sen. Arliss Sturgulewski. To get on the ballot, the group needs just 5,871 valid signatures, city clerk Barbara Gruenstein said. She said it will take until sometime next week for her...

Sponsors of an initiative to extend legal protections against discrimination to gay and transgender people in Anchorage on Thursday turned in a several-inch-high stack of petitions to the city clerk's office to put the measure on the April city election

Co-chairs of the group are former Gov. Tony Knowles and former state Sen. Arliss Sturgulewski. To get on the ballot, the group needs just 5,871 valid signatures, city clerk Barbara Gruenstein said. She said it will take until next week sometime for her...