The Supreme Court has directed the Alaska Division of Elections to prepare petition booklets immediately to the group Recall Dunleavy.
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Bill would launch Alaska state lottery through new corporation
Gov. Mike Dunleavy requested the bill, which would create a new Alaska Lottery Corporation to oversee the lottery.
Chief justice to Alaska Legislature: The courts remain independent
The judiciary’s independence has been the subject of two high-profile cases. Both are in response to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s decision to veto more than $334,700 from the courts’ budget because he disagreed with court rulings on public funding of abortions.
After years of debating major proposals to close Alaska’s budget gap, the session starts quietly
So far in this legislative session, there are no major proposals being openly debated that would close the budget gap.
Policy expert says Alaska will be ‘nation’s vanguard’ in a thawing Arctic
Mike Sfraga, director of the Polar Institute at the Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Wilson Center, says climate change is making the Arctic Ocean more accessible.
Wildfires, Medicaid push state to request $262.5M more than budgeted
The most noteworthy item that wasn’t included in the budget was the more than $800 million that Gov. Mike Dunleavy has said Alaskans are owed in permanent fund dividends.
AIDEA head defends no-bid contract for grandson of major Dunleavy supporter
Alaska’s economic development arm, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, hired Clark Penney’s company for a no-bid consulting contract. Penney’s grandfather Bob Penney spent $300,000 supporting Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s election.
Alaska House votes to name Capitol committee room after late Sen. Bettye Davis
Bettye Davis was the first black woman elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, and the first black Alaskan to serve in the state Senate. She died in December 2018.
Dunleavy, legislators search for solutions to Alaska’s budget gap
After thinking about it for a year, Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s not opposed to putting budget cuts to a vote of the people.
Dunleavy promotes resource development in speech to Alaska business leaders
The governor says the state is in a good position on multiple fronts. One is the warming Arctic, which could allow for shipping across the Arctic Ocean. Another is the demand for minerals that are used in electronics.