The main qualification of Donna Arduin’s former partner for the Federal Reserve is Stephen Moore’s unceasing flattery of Trump. With every utterance he confirms the old Russian proverb that “it is better to bow too low than to not bow low enough.”
Read MoreContrary to a requirement in the Alaska Constitution, Dunleavy says he won’t pick a judge from the names given him by the Alaska Judicial Council. Contrary to a requirement in state law, he has failed to make a pick in the required 45-day window.
Read MoreHanding budget meetings over to the proponents of prosperity means an audience that may be less inclined to complain about why Gov. Mike Dunleavy abandoned campaign promises to not cut the ferry system, K-12 schools, the University of Alaska, the Pioneer homes, etc.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy asked all commissioners to “investigate options available for reducing the state’s assets by identifying properties that could be sold, or sold and then leased by the state, in order to realize short-and long-term savings.”
Read MoreLike many other ill-conceived elements of the Dunleavy budget, the Legislature won’t accept this one, but the governor has the power to veto and the Legislature may have enough contrarians to prevent an override.
Read MoreIt’s not clear there is a dividing line between Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Americans for Prosperity, the primary political action arm of the Koch Brothers.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy administration offered a “what-if” scenario for a $75 million cut to the Fairbanks campus. Coupled with other Dunleavy cuts to K-12 education, the borough and health care, the governor’s budget would take $150 million or more out of the Fairbanks economy.
Read MoreA representative of Gov. Mike Dunleavy claimed last week that the state doesn’t have a constitutional duty to fund the University of Alaska. Anchorage Rep. Zack Fields was being polite when he said that was absurd and ludicrous.
Read MoreLegislators are accustomed to those who give answers without answering, deflecting and distracting by stringing random sentences together long enough to make everyone in the audience start thinking about lunch. The future of the university is too important to Alaska to accept that.
Read MoreSometime after the election the governor decided that he wanted to squeeze up to $15 million more out of Pioneer Home residents who are not already indigent.
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