The Alaska Constitution forbids appointing an attorney to the “non-attorney” positions on the Alaska Judicial Council.
Attorney John W. Wood, 79, is a long-time friend and political associate of Gov. Mike Dunleavy. He is not many things. But a non-attorney he is not.
Read MoreAnyone looking for a small example of why Alaska’s oil tax system needs repair can find it in the latest state analysis of the Pikka oil project, set to begin producing up to 80,000 barrels of oil a day in 2026. It won’t begin producing state production tax revenue until 2034.
The Anchorage Daily News had this detailed account about how Pikka is expected to generate about $200 million a year for the state, mainly from royalty oil.
Read MoreAmong the questions that Attorney General Stephen Cox is going to have to answer are why he did not become a member of the Alaska Bar Association until May 7 this year.
Read MoreSens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich the Third backed the Republican plan to cut Medicaid by $1 trillion, a decision that will lead to the loss of health care for millions of Americans.
They don’t want to talk about it.
Read MoreSen. Lisa Murkowski says it “appears” that politics are taking precedence over health policy under the leadership of RFK Jr. This appears to be another instance in which Murkowski is saying too little, too late.
Read MoreHe became a member of the Alaska Bar Association three months ago and was not registered to vote in Alaska as of this past May, Sen. Bill Wielechowski wrote on Facebook after Dunleavy named Cox AG. His appointment will be subject to legislative confirmation.
Read MoreThe state rocket-launching corporation hopes to create a 1,100-mile rocket test range from Kodiak Island to Adak Island in the Aleutians to test hypersonic weapons and provide a new location to evaluate advanced missiles for the military.
Read MoreThe state Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development has finally updated its website to mention the “Alaska Business Initiative,” a state-funded marketing and public relations effort.
Read MoreThe leader of South Korea, who said in June he would crawl between President Trump’s legs if he had to, took first place in the flattery competition Monday, praising Trump as one of the all-time greats. After taking it all in, Trump rambled and ranted at length, mixing lies about renewable energy and forgetting that a proposed Alaska project would export natural gas, not oil.
Read MoreI want to deal here not with the enormous technical, political and ethical questions, but with the simplest element of this story, something that everyone can understand—the flimsy origins of the name Golden Dome.
The choice does not reveal solid planning or thought, but an intellectual void that emerged from a trademark violation and somehow manages to massage Trump’s gold obsession.
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