There have been too many deaths, too many near-death experiences and far too many dangerous rescue expeditions brought on by the myth-making skills of Jon Krakauer.
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Attorney General Kevin Clarkson might as well print invitations for a lawsuit.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz should be directing their attention to real efforts to help the Alaska economy and not with this farce from the Trump campaign, expected to cost U.S. taxpayers $1 billion, according to one Congressman.
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The scientific guidance on wearing masks to slow the spread of COVID-19 has become stronger in recent weeks, but Gov, Mike Dunleavy won’t take the single most effective action open to him—issue a state mandate to require masks in businesses.
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One of the continuing problems is that the state set up this program to give grants to businesses that had been unable to get any other federal aid and those were the rules given to the Legislature. The Dunleavy administration wanted to allow businesses that had received small amounts to qualify, but it failed to revise the plan.
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What promises, if any, did the Air Force make to Sen. Dan Sullivan, who secretly put a hold on the nomination of the first African-American to lead a branch of the U.S. armed services?
Capstone Family Medicine, a business owned by Dr. Wade Erickson, has received at least four state contracts totaling more than $2.7 million. The total will grow following a decision announced last week to have Capstone screen incoming passengers at the Anchorage airport.
It is possible in politics to reply at great length to a direct question without giving an answer. We see that on a daily basis with President Trump and it is a practice that Gov. Mike Dunleavy follows all too frequently.
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Trump can’t help himself. He attacked Sen. Lisa Murkowski Thursday and said that he would campaign for anyone “good or bad” who would run against her. The episode proved once more than Mattis was right. Murkowski was right. And what Trump did was an insult to Alaska.
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No competent leader of the executive branch in Alaska would demand that every expenditure, no matter how small, must be described in a detailed memo that has to be approved by a commissioner and by OMB.
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