Gov. Mike Dunleavy will have money from Republican business leaders, his brother Francis in Texas and others to fight the recall. What he won’t have is a good legal argument to keep it off the ballot, which was clear from Friday’s hearing in Anchorage.
Read MoreNo public official subject to a recall campaign in Alaska ever admits that he or she deserves to be recalled. Gov. Mike Dunleavy is no different.
Read MoreAlaska leads the nation in cutting state spending for higher education this year, the past two years and the past five years. If Gov. Mike Dunleavy has his way, Alaska will continue the record of decline in the years ahead.
Read MoreThe state health department has ended contracts with a medical information company that provided essential information for targeting waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid, saying the contracts were not cost effective.
Read MoreWhile Dunleavy refused to inform Alaskans about the details of his June 26 meeting with President Trump, he did tell the Pebble Mine promoters that he had received a promise from Trump to get the EPA out of the way, giving the company what it wanted.
Read MoreIf there is a reason to spend more money promoting development, it should not go to the duplicative DDT, but to the Alaska Regional Development Organizations that have been doing this work for many years. Some of them are struggling. The state stopped grants to them three years ago.
Read MoreThe 2020 Dunleavy plan for conversation will never lead to a miraculous moment when Alaskans speak with a unified voice about state services, taxes, the Permanent Fund Dividend or anything else.
Read MoreRather than say, “We screwed up,” the administration emitted an impenetrable bureaucratic fog, thicker than ice fog at 50 below, to obscure the reasons why it approved $100 per month in benefit cuts and then canceled the decision in little more than a week.
Read MoreWhile the Dunleavy administration appears to be trying to keep operational details about the development team quiet—the money for Penney’s contract was laundered through a state agency—the governor says the Alaska Development Team is one of his major accomplishments.
Read MoreI have heard directly from hundreds of readers across Alaska, as well as from some in the Lower 48, and want to thank you for your continued support and encouragement, even from those who disagree with my interpretation of events.
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