The state now plans to seek competitive bids to push AG Kevin Clarkson’s anti-union crusade through state and federal courts. With luck, whoever gets the job will match the “Alaska discounted rate” of $600 an hour.
Read MoreSupporters of the “Fair Share Act”, an initiative to raise Alaska taxes on the most profitable oil fields, will hold a kickoff event Sunday at 3 p.m. to bring the signature-collection drive to Fairbanks.
Read MoreWatch as Rep. Don Young headbutts a camera and refuses to answer a question about foreign governments interfering in U.S. elections.
Read MoreFormer Attorney General Craig Richards, now under contract to fight the recall of Gov. Mike Dunleavy, says the statewide campaign to remove the governor from office is all about opposition to Dunleavy making the tough decisions that he promised as a candidate.
Read MoreSen. Lora Reinbold thought she heard a University of Alaska Anchorage professor describe an easy way to cut $50 million in administrative expenses from the UA budget. It was what she wanted to hear.
Read MoreThere is no point in continuing to have a president of the University of Alaska under the organizational scheme promoted by the faculty group. And it may be unconstitutional.
Read MoreFortunately for the state of Alaska, the faculty do not run the University of Alaska. Faculty have a vital role to play. However, shared governance becomes harder to justify when the actions of faculty representatives demonstrate no sense of true responsibility for all of the university’s stakeholders.
By Terrence Cole
Read MoreCorrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom said the decision to ship prisoners Outside “was not made lightly.” She’s right. The decision was not made lightly. It was made last winter.
Read MoreAttorney William Consovoy claims that the presidency provides a cloak of immunity for Trump against state and local authorities. He also claims that Congress has no right to investigate Trump’s behavior.
Read MoreThe hands-off approach taken by the state of Alaska to the sale of BP’s Alaska’s assets to Hilcorp is evident in the lack of any coherent public process to examine the wide range of issues related to the sale.
Read MoreArmed with Attorney General Kevin Clarkson’s false statements, the oil industry will soon be claiming that the Fair Share Act oil tax initiative could force higher taxes on small oil fields on the North Slope, such as the projects Oil Search is developing.
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