I suspect that the claim of finding 100 job-killing regulations was also a manufactured number. Not that Dunleavy hasn’t identified regulations he wants to change, just that the “job-killing” claim is standard issue political puffery from way back.
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy, refusing to deal with the health crisis, the fiscal crisis or the economic crisis that threatens Alaska, chose to use public money to go the White House for a Trump campaign event, where he delivered this nonsense at the presidential praise-a-thon.
Read MoreAG Kevin Clarkson hired a $600-per-hour right-wing lawyer to push an anti-union dream. He started off with a no-bid $50,000 deal last August, upped it to $100,000 and then added $600,000 early this year. It’s good money after bad.
Read MoreThe state has been unable to give the federal money away because of the rigid rules it created a few months ago.
Read MoreIt may call itself “OneAlaska,” but a more accurate name for the group fighting the oil tax initiative would be “OilAlaska.”
Read MoreAt the very least, every Alaska news organization should have had a story saying that the delegation refused to comment or explain their refusal to comment on Trump’s unprecedented, historic corruption.
Read MoreNot satisfied with a 2019 decision to base the operation in Alabama, Colorado or California, the Trump administration is looking for political points with what one Congressman has labeled a Moondoggle, making it worse than a boondoggle.
Read MoreLeft unsaid was whether state officials and school district officials have reason to believe that children, teachers, other staff members can be safe in schools this fall and whether families will be safe when kids come home from school. This warrants real discussion.
Read MoreMost of the $290 million available for COVID-19 grants to small businesses will have to be refunded to the federal government if the Dunleavy administration does not get the program straightened out soon. The governor needs to call a special session now.
Read MoreA total of 1,653 Alaska enterprises ranging from the Anchorage Baptist Temple to the Arctic Slope Native Association received at least $150,000 in government assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to federal documents released Monday.
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