The Dunleavy administration decision to exaggerate the statements from EPA and reverse an Alaska effort for more stringent regulation on PFAS pollution in drinking water has opened the door to years of regulatory delay.
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In its lawsuit seeking a court order to halt the privatization plan, the union says it is false to give credit to Wellpath for the accreditation decision because the work to comply took place before Wellpath arrived at the hospital in Anchorage. The calendar confirms the union charge.
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The pastor of the church, Aaron Richert, posted on Facebook in defense of the Dunleavy plan for a 41 percent budget cut to the University of Alaska.
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The truth is that Dunleavy wanted to get elected and the best way to do that was for him to peddle a fiscal fantasy—no cuts in services, no taxes and larger Permanent Fund dividends. The contradictions between his campaign and his administration have gone largely uncovered by the news media in Alaska.
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If there is a perfect example of why the Dunleavy administration PFAS policy is a disaster for public health, it is found in the waters of Kimberly Lake, where the pollution problem has been redefined out of existence.
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I wasn’t sure how to respond to Dick Randolph’s newspaper column in which the State Farm insurance agent accused my brother, me and “Barry” Sanders of crimes against humanity.
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Jason Brune, the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, has removed the words "control water, land, and air pollution” from a policy statement on the DEC commissioner’s page.
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If we’re serious about engaging Alaskans, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and other elected officials need to admit that when the state asks voters the equivalent of “Do you want a bigger check?” there is no point in printing the ballots because we already know what the results will be.
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The story in the Daily News-Miner Saturday doesn’t go far enough to explain that the policy change by the Department of Environmental Conservation means drinking water deemed unsafe last fall and summer will now be classified as safe.
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The photo used by the governor on Facebook and Twitter shows at least a couple of people may have responded to Porcaro’s pitch to “click the picture” and buy 100 red pens from Amazon.com for $19.99 and have them sent to Dunleavy.
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