The Interior Gas Utility needs to build confidence with the public and find ways to create a solid economic plan for the future. It can't afford to have a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy family has a corner on deep-pocketed special interests throwing crazy amounts of cash into the election.
Read MoreThe confusion stems from a misreading of the monthly statements of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation.
Read MoreWith $30,000 from Francis Dunleavy in Texas and $25,000 from Bob Penney in Anchorage, the two men have spent a total of $555,000 in the Mike Dunleavy shadow campaign for governor, free from the contribution limits approved by Alaska voters.
I've written about the Alaska Permanent Fund since 1977 in newspapers and books. On Wednesday at the Murie Auditorium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, I will give what I hope will be an entertaining presentation on "Alaska at a Crossroads: How the Struggle Over the Permanent Fund Dividend Unites and Divides Alaskans."
Fairbanks was founded on mining disputes. It has never seen one like the standoff between John Reeves and the Binkley family. The Supreme Court has sided with Reeves once more.
Read MoreEither Sen. Dan Sullivan wasn't serious about Russia on "Meet the Press" or he remains unwilling to take the political risk inherent in any detailed critical response to Trump.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young—who appear to have taken a vow of silence about ever attacking Trump—ought to be horrified about the Trump-Putin bromance.
Read MoreOne of Rep. Don Young's perpetual gripes is about the name of the federal law dealing with fisheries conservation—the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation & Management Act.
The fine print on the "Dunleavy Governor" campaign signs says they are not "authorized, paid for or approved by the candidate." But candidate Mike Dunleavy doesn't disapprove. He approves.
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