With his vetoes, Gov. Mike Dunleavy went back to his original budget released in February, which had no public involvement in its creation, fashioned by the temporary budget director.
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Since statehood, we’ve had governors, regardless of party or ideology, who have operated within relative bounds of normalcy, and have not exercised these constitutional powers to full, unrestrained, destructive effect. That changed in 2018.
By Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Read MoreThe Fairbanks legislators, with two exceptions, took a reasonable position and voted to override the governor's vetoes, but it was to no avail.
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In another piece of bad news for higher education in Alaska, the state has suspended scholarship programs for students.
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The Dunleavy attack on higher education, if not overturned by the Alaska Legislature, will do permanent damage to Alaska.
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The high-priced expert is to deliver “A global roadmap that redesigns the Medicaid and public assistance system at a lower cost.” That means cutting health care for poor people.
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Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer took time out from guarding the state seal to have someone on the state payroll create a fairy tale about the Dunleavy campaign.
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Does he want to close the Anchorage campus? The Fairbanks campus? What programs would he eliminate? He wants to dismantle the system, but he won’t take any responsibility and he hides behind his surrogates.
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“Alaska faces a bleak future if Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes become law.” The Daily News-Miner editorial is right.
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An independent review of Dunleavy’s vetoes says to expect the elimination of about 4,200 Alaska jobs in the short term. But the losses could be a lot worse over the long term and it will take years to see the full impact, according to a new study by two Alaska economists.
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