The Dunleavy administration’s appeal of the Pebble Mine permit denial was a farce, a grandstanding appeal for publicity. Reporters never bothered to read the regulations that clearly prohibited the state from appealing the decision because it was not the applicant.
Read MoreRep. Don Young’s staff, writing for the 87-year-old Congressman on social media, deceived Alaskans by making it appear that Young was present in the U.S. House to oppose the latest COVID bailout bill when he was really missing in action.
Read MoreThe law creating the fund is designed to promote loans and loan guarantees to finance infrastructure development, but AIDEA has decided to go far beyond such activities, bypassing legislative review of items that should have been in the capital budget and debated in public.
Read MoreNeera Tanden's Mean Tweet directed at Sen. Lisa Murkowski more than three years ago was as accurate as the Positive Tweet that Tanden aimed at her earlier that year for a vote that helped save health care for millions.
Read MoreThe connections between Ben Stevens and ConocoPhillips that emerged from the Veco corruption trials should not be forgotten.
Read MoreIn each of the next three years, the Dunleavy administration wants to cut pay for about 2,000 supervisors by 2 percent, according to an update on contract negotiations distributed by the Alaska Public Employees Association.
Read MoreSen. Mike Shower and all of those clamoring to put more politics in the judicial selection process should remember that with a different governor and Legislature, making the judiciary subject to the political whims of elected officials would suddenly lose all of its appeal.
Read More“Talking about weapons. I happened to serve during Korea,” Rep. Don Young said. “And I was well trained in how to kill somebody with my hands.”
Read MoreThe Republican Senate Caucus of Equals is controlled by a Cavalcade of Crackpots. Sen. Lora Reinbold continues to reign, specializing in nonsense, lies and conspiracy theories.
Read MoreIf Attorney General Treg Taylor is unaware of these details in the handling of the Clark Penney no-bid contract or simply willing to overlook them to help his boss, he doesn’t deserve to be attorney general and should be rejected by the Legislature.
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