AIDEA should not be using an emergency meeting—announced Tuesday and scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m.—to act on a $35 million decision that in no way qualifies as an emergency and has nothing to do with the coronavirus crisis that is creating enormous problems for businesses and workers across the state.
Read MoreIt’s not an exaggeration to say that any step that keeps a hospital bed vacant could mean the difference between life and death for a family member, friend or neighbor. The health crisis is here. It won’t take much for the system to be overloaded.
Read More.”We physicians have done everything we can to prepare and educate our families and patients. The next step can only be done through your exercise of executive power. Alaska needs a shelter in place order and a mandated travel ban which are enforced. The time to act is now,” hundreds of Alaska doctors said in weekend letters to Dunleavy.
Read MoreThis is a time for the Dunleavy administration to focus on the needs of Alaskans and to cut waste in state spending wherever it is found, starting with the $600-per-hour lawyers in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreYoung’s message that Alaskans should “go forth with our everyday activities” may be the most irresponsible thing an elected official could say at this time.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy drive to privatize API, which began a year ago with a flawed process to turn over the hospital to Wellpath under a no-bid contract, remains a dubious undertaking that should be halted.
Read MoreEither the law about secret oil tax documents needs to be changed or the attorney general’s office needs to be changed so that one hand can ascertain what the other is doing.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy is right. This isn’t the end of the world. But his proposed budget would mean the end of the Constitutional Budget Reserve and the beginning of the end of the Permanent Fund.
Read MoreIf Mike Prax wants to become a competent legislator, he needs a mentor, not David Eastman. Prax and Eastman were the only two legislators to oppose emergency funding to deal with the coronavirus crisis.
Read MoreLucinda Mahoney, nominated to be revenue commissioner, says the state has set up a “Chinese wall” to keep her from being informed about any cases worked on by her husband, an oil company lawyer who has been involved in key cases against the state.
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