The University of Alaska is one of the most important institutions for the future of our state. It deserves a real appraisal of its strengths and weaknesses. Not this dishonest document from the Dunleavy administration.
Read MoreThe same brilliant policy call by the Dunleavy administration that put the Power Cost Equalization program on hold has eliminated funding to implement the new crime bill.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy attack on higher education in Alaska is only beginning. It starts with steps to erode confidence in the viability of the University of Alaska.
Read MoreThe university should make cuts to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, according to faculty members from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Read MoreThe University of Alaska Board of Regents met Monday in Fairbanks to deal with the emergency created by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s reckless effort to erase much of the institution that has served the state and territory for a century.
Read MoreThose of us who have written about Alaska’s unprecedented budget fight haven’t done enough to put the role of temporary budget director Donna Arduin in context and appreciate that she is using a playbook with a predictable script.
Read MoreMost Alaska legislators have yet to give up on the fight to stop the dismantling of the University of Alaska and restore sanity. It ain’t over til it’s over.
Read MoreWith his vetoes, Gov. Mike Dunleavy went back to his original budget released in February, which had no public involvement in its creation, fashioned by the temporary budget director.
Read MoreSince statehood, we’ve had governors, regardless of party or ideology, who have operated within relative bounds of normalcy, and have not exercised these constitutional powers to full, unrestrained, destructive effect. That changed in 2018.
By Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Read MoreThe Fairbanks legislators, with two exceptions, took a reasonable position and voted to override the governor's vetoes, but it was to no avail.
Read MoreIn another piece of bad news for higher education in Alaska, the state has suspended scholarship programs for students.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy attack on higher education, if not overturned by the Alaska Legislature, will do permanent damage to Alaska.
Read MoreThe high-priced expert is to deliver “A global roadmap that redesigns the Medicaid and public assistance system at a lower cost.” That means cutting health care for poor people.
Read MoreLt. Gov. Kevin Meyer took time out from guarding the state seal to have someone on the state payroll create a fairy tale about the Dunleavy campaign.
Read MoreDoes he want to close the Anchorage campus? The Fairbanks campus? What programs would he eliminate? He wants to dismantle the system, but he won’t take any responsibility and he hides behind his surrogates.
Read More“Alaska faces a bleak future if Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes become law.” The Daily News-Miner editorial is right.
Read MoreAn independent review of Dunleavy’s vetoes says to expect the elimination of about 4,200 Alaska jobs in the short term. But the losses could be a lot worse over the long term and it will take years to see the full impact, according to a new study by two Alaska economists.
Read MoreThe Dunleavy administration and its apologists continue to try to downplay the impact of a 40 percent cut in state funding to the University of Alaska, claiming it is only 17 percent, repeating an inaccurate statement from temporary budget director Donna Arduin.
Read MoreThe University of Alaska estimates that the total cost of the Dunleavy veto, if the Legislature does not find the 45 votes to override, will be close to $250 million, with the expected loss in tuition revenue and federal grants.
Read MoreWith the veto of funding for the voter-approved Ocean Ranger program, Dunleavy is doing a big favor for the cruise ship industry. The state claims the industry didn’t ask for it.
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