The relaxed verification rules make full public disclosure of grant recipients more important, though the Dunleavy administration has given no sign that it plans to release the names and grant amounts. Disclosure is vital to limiting waste, fraud and abuse.
Read MoreA statewide mask mandate would send a strong signal to Alaskans about the immediate danger of the rapidly advancing COVID-19 outbreak. It would be a pro-business move, as it would help build confidence among Alaskans that some basic safety steps are being observed.
Read MoreThe pandemic is not under control in Alaska, a state with limited health care facilities, and we are not immune to the tragedies that have taken place in states with large health care capacity. We need to wake up.
Read MoreThe last refuge of every scoundrel in the right-size government club is the safe and easy budget pronouncement to “cut the budget,” while never bothering with the specifics. The specifics are all that matter.
Read MoreTwo weeks have passed and neither Sullivan, nor Murkowski has had anything to say about Trump giving Roger Stone a get-out-of-jail card. That two lawyers would keep quiet about this clear abuse of the justice system, pretending it is not important, is appalling.
Read MoreSens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan will have the chance Thursday to explain to Alaskans their positions on key federal issues that they have not covered in press releases.
Read MoreA source has told me that the administration has contracted with Dittman Research, Dunleavy’s favorite pollster, to measure public opinion about masks. We really don’t need any public polling on masks. We need leadership from the governor and a statewide mandate to wear masks.
Read MoreThe state made a deceptive change on the absentee ballot application a year ago that misleads voters by suggesting a “political party affiliation” is necessary to get an absentee ballot. Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer needs to issue new instructions.
Read MoreI 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.
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