At the very least, every Alaska news organization should have had a story saying that the delegation refused to comment or explain their refusal to comment on Trump’s unprecedented, historic corruption.
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Not satisfied with a 2019 decision to base the operation in Alabama, Colorado or California, the Trump administration is looking for political points with what one Congressman has labeled a Moondoggle, making it worse than a boondoggle.
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Left unsaid was whether state officials and school district officials have reason to believe that children, teachers, other staff members can be safe in schools this fall and whether families will be safe when kids come home from school. This warrants real discussion.
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Most of the $290 million available for COVID-19 grants to small businesses will have to be refunded to the federal government if the Dunleavy administration does not get the program straightened out soon. The governor needs to call a special session now.
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A total of 1,653 Alaska enterprises ranging from the Anchorage Baptist Temple to the Arctic Slope Native Association received at least $150,000 in government assistance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to federal documents released Monday.
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The reporter asked a simple question at Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s state-managed publicity event Tuesday: “You and Dr. Zink have both continually advocated for masks as an effective way to reduce the spread of the virus. Could you walk me through the intent behind preempting Anchorage’s mask order for state buildings?”
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The news coverage of the Dunleavy decree did not examine why the governor kept his role in the attack on the Anchorage mask mandate secret, acting as if it was all the work of Attorney General Kevin Clarkson.
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Dunleavy passed along the memo to all state employees without comment, playing the part of Gov. Noncommittal. But that’s not how this works. This is a Dunleavy decision, not a Clarkson decision.
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Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer says sending absentee ballot applications to those 65 and older is a way to “avoid inserting politics into this decision.” That’s not right. The way to avoid inserting politics is to send absentee applications to every Alaska voter.
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Sen. Dan Sullivan controls the flow of information from his office. His refusal to either attack or defend the divisive actions and statements of President Trump are not going to be examined in Alaska unless news organizations stop treating Sullivan’s silence as the deciding factor in what gets covered or ignored.
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There have been too many deaths, too many near-death experiences and far too many dangerous rescue expeditions brought on by the myth-making skills of Jon Krakauer.
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Attorney General Kevin Clarkson might as well print invitations for a lawsuit.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz should be directing their attention to real efforts to help the Alaska economy and not with this farce from the Trump campaign, expected to cost U.S. taxpayers $1 billion, according to one Congressman.
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The scientific guidance on wearing masks to slow the spread of COVID-19 has become stronger in recent weeks, but Gov, Mike Dunleavy won’t take the single most effective action open to him—issue a state mandate to require masks in businesses.
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One of the continuing problems is that the state set up this program to give grants to businesses that had been unable to get any other federal aid and those were the rules given to the Legislature. The Dunleavy administration wanted to allow businesses that had received small amounts to qualify, but it failed to revise the plan.
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What promises, if any, did the Air Force make to Sen. Dan Sullivan, who secretly put a hold on the nomination of the first African-American to lead a branch of the U.S. armed services?
Capstone Family Medicine, a business owned by Dr. Wade Erickson, has received at least four state contracts totaling more than $2.7 million. The total will grow following a decision announced last week to have Capstone screen incoming passengers at the Anchorage airport.
It is possible in politics to reply at great length to a direct question without giving an answer. We see that on a daily basis with President Trump and it is a practice that Gov. Mike Dunleavy follows all too frequently.
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Trump can’t help himself. He attacked Sen. Lisa Murkowski Thursday and said that he would campaign for anyone “good or bad” who would run against her. The episode proved once more than Mattis was right. Murkowski was right. And what Trump did was an insult to Alaska.
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No competent leader of the executive branch in Alaska would demand that every expenditure, no matter how small, must be described in a detailed memo that has to be approved by a commissioner and by OMB.
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