While Dunleavy has pitched a big dividend without bothering to answer the question of “What’s next,” legislators are looking at other more modest dividend proposals that would bring finality to the budget process.
The legislation would create the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board, which would be charged with overseeing the long-term health of the system.
Retired Colonel Jim Cockrell’s appointment to the commissioner’s office of the Department of Public Safety was announced by the governor today at a meeting with troopers in Kenai. He replaces former Commissioner Amanda Price, who resigned abruptly earlier this year amid a dispute with the Dunleavy administration over personnel decisions.
If folks in Washington DC truly wants to help the national economy rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s elected leaders should prioritize advancing the Development,…
Taking a break.
While most of the rest of the Legislature has shut down business during the interim, the House Labor and Commerce, State Affairs and Health and Social Services committees have continued to regularly meet in an effort to provide oversight on the administration’s handling of COVID-19.
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation says it could have been far worse.
Wrestling with 2019.
The suit seeks to stop the state from implementing Attorney General Kevin Clarkson’s newfound and vastly expanded reading of the 2018 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Janus vs. AFSCME.
If the governor’s justification for an expanded sweep is legitimate, could the earnings reserve account be next?