The so-called Alaska Senate Caucus of Equals showed its lack of integrity by putting Reinbold in charge of the committee charged with reviewing “the programs and activities of the Alaska Court System and the Department of Law, and the legal and substantive review of bills referred to it for that purpose.”
Read MoreGov. Mike Dunleavy has brought back the constitutional amendment he proposed two years ago to make tax increases all but impossible to approve in Alaska. The Legislature should reject it for a second time.
Read MoreIt’s unfortunate that Dunleavy is continuing to repeat the lie that the Alaska Permanent Fund grew by $11 billion in 2020.
Read MoreAs soon as the Biden administration catches on to the presidential permit Trump signed for the proposed $17 billion—or more—Alberta to Alaska railroad link, the president will probably do away with it, for the same reason that he issued an order blocking the Keystone XL Pipeline—climate change.
Read MoreAvidian Gold withdrew its proposed lease for the mining exploration project off Amanita and Esro roads Wednesday after a chorus of neighborhood objections to a flawed process.
Read MoreWhat Dunleavy and his representatives didn’t bother to explain in 2019 was that his proposed constitutional amendment was aimed at stripping Alaskans of a fundamental right they have under the Alaska Constitution, the ability to raise taxes by initiative.
Read MoreThe Mental Health Trust Land Office in Anchorage should have shown some recognition that this is a quiet residential area, instead of appearing to assume that this is an entirely unpopulated zone with no possibility of conflicts over land uses.
Read MoreThe board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is treating the decision to spend about $17 million this year on oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a political vision, not a business decision.
Read MoreEverybody loves a state spending limit, as long as there is no discussion of cutting road maintenance, education, dividends, public safety, grants to local governments, emergency services, airports, ferries, courts, health care or anything else.
Read MoreThe Trump rule mandating that the biggest national banks have to make loans for Arctic oil exploration is likely to survive as long in the Biden administration as the White House stockpile of MAGA hats.
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