The abrupt firing of Permanent Fund Corporation Director Angela Rodell in December surprised and concerned many Alaskans, including some lawmakers.
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State job vacancies lead to unplowed roads and other service gaps
Critical state jobs are going unfilled this year. That’s led to unplowed roads, ferries tied up at the dock and slowdowns in the court system.
With reserve fund depleted from 2018 earthquake, Anchorage’s credit rating drops
S&P Global Ratings dropped Anchorage’s rating from AAA to AA+ last week, citing a decline in the city’s available funds during recovery from the 2018 earthquake and the coronavirus pandemic.
Investigation finds dozens of unqualified Florida doctors tried to get emergency licenses in Alaska
Fourteen doctors were briefly licensed in an effort to meet COVID-19 demands but none practiced medicine in Alaska before losing their licenses or agreeing to give them up, officials say.
More than 440 Alaskans have died with COVID-19. We know little about them.
By and large, the grief — and the stories — of Alaskans who died in the unfolding wave of the coronavirus pandemic have remained private.
Alaska school district will pay $3.8M to settle with victims of a predatory Bethel principal
Christopher Carmichael, a former Bethel elementary school principal, is currently serving a 15-year federal sentence for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and a 25-year sentence for sexual abuse of a minor.
Attorney General Taylor says ending Alaska’s leading status in sex crimes is priority
Taylor noted that the Department of Law’s budget request includes 10 new prosecutors and nine new support staff that would focus on sex crimes.
ANTHC boss resigned after employee accused him of ‘unrelenting’ abuse
For more than a decade, Teuber was the president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and one of the most powerful executives in Alaska.
LISTEN: Governor’s office slow to act in addressing attorney general’s misconduct
The victim in former Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson misconduct scandal says the governor’s office knew about the inappropriate texts for months before Clarkson’s resignation.
The woman propositioned by Alaska’s former lieutenant governor tells her story for the first time
In 2018, Jody Potts was the target of misconduct from then-Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott. He resigned two days later, but the details of what happened have never been publicly told until now.