The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is moving ahead with plans to hand out $290 million in grants to thousands of the smallest businesses in Alaska, but it will not seek competitive bids to hire a financial institution to run the program.
Read MoreThe focus on retention is not like other items in the State of the State speech that went nowhere—such as the state lottery, exchanging Permanent Fund dividend certificates for state land, and the idea of creating an inspector general to deal with waste, fraud and abuse.
Read MoreThe state is going to have to cut its budget. It is also going to have to cut the dividend and raise taxes. The longer that Dunleavy distances himself from these difficult decisions, the more we need the recall to continue.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy’s handling of the plan to give $290 million in federal grants to Alaska's smallest businesses needs to be transparent, especially because the proposed pace and volume is unbelievable.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy has backtracked on face coverings in Alaska stores, following the political lead created by Trump and the right-wing media.
Read MoreElsewhere in America the change is a good deal more gradual, but here it’s as if someone flipped a light switch. Hillsides of aspen and birch that were brown on Saturday morning underwent a metamorphosis by Sunday.
Read MoreThe governor and Legislature can set up a structure that would allow Alaskans to prepare for the most difficult rebuilding challenge in Alaska’s history.
Read MoreOn Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court unanimously rejected Attorney General Kevin Clarkson’s convoluted claims and said the Dunleavy administration was wrong to block the recall campaign.
Read MoreThe politicians who claim wasteful flights of military aircraft are suitable recognition for health care workers or anyone else are glorifying weaponry over humanity.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy administration plan for handing out more than $1 billion in federal money to deal with the pandemic is plagued by problems that need to be fixed and questions that need to be answered.
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