Access to health care is vital. The confidence of knowing that help will be available when needed is in stark contrast to that of many thousands of Alaskans on Medicaid, who stand to lose benefits under the Dunleavy plan to cut more than $700 million, including about $465 million in federal funds.
Read MoreThe University of Alaska issued layoff notices to 48 human resources employees Monday, the first step in what UA President Jim Johnsen says will be a total makeover of its hiring offices statewide.
Read MoreUnder the Dunleavy/Koch ideology, the state that has had the lowest taxes in the nation for decades should have long ago been overrun with new businesses. But the lowest taxes in the nation aren’t enough to overcome the complex conditions that inhibit the growth of new business in Alaska.
Read MoreThe claim that slashing public services in Alaska and making it difficult to raise taxes on the oil industry and other industries will somehow build confidence among investors and lead to immense levels of new investment in Alaska is impossible to believe.
Read MoreThe proposed constitutional amendment by Gov. Mike Dunleavy would strip Alaskans of a right they have under the Alaska Constitution, which is the power to enact taxes through the initiative process.
Read MoreThere is a relationship between population growth and the history of spending. That the Dunleavy administration uses bafflegab to claim otherwise is one of numerous problems with its proposed spending limit.
Read MoreThere is a lot of babbling about a budget crisis in Alaska. We have a crisis, but it’s one created by a lack of leadership in the governor’s office, not by a lack of solutions.
Read MoreThis attempted sleight-of-hand, which candidate Dunleavy never mentioned, has almost been lost in the ballyhoo about his plans to deal with the so-called $1.6 billion deficit.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy education script, which he recites like the Pledge of Allegiance, doesn’t include anything about why average scores on the NAEP test are low. It doesn’t deal with the reasons that Alaska spends what it does on schools or the high rate of teacher turnover. It doesn’t mention the relationship between poverty and academic success.
Read MoreFormer Sen. Bill Stoltze, who worked for Gov. MIke Dunleavy for less than three weeks, resigned Dec. 21 as director of the Mat-Su office. One of the unanswered questions is whether the governor knew of this case when he hired Stoltze.
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