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Alaska’s government is embarrassing itself with expensive PR contracts, stonewalling Author: Paul Jenkins Published January 8
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Print article For those of us deeply leery of government, it largely being a nexus between nincompoopery and super-inflated egos, it is no surprise when it does something really dumb even less of a surprise when it does it again and again. Take, for instance, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration, which too often seems to have a tin ear, to go out of its way to exhibit a certain level of bureaucratic arrogance that, at times, seems almost palpable. Some say it is aggravated by the administration’s failures to communicate. Others swear it is incompetence.
Print article The most senior Republican in the Alaska House of Representatives has lost his reelection bid, the Alaska Supreme Court confirmed Friday. In a brief order, the court said Anchorage Rep. Lance Pruitt “has not met his burden to sustain an election contest,” thus confirming an 11-vote victory by Democratic challenger and Rep.-elect Liz Snyder. “It was great to see that come out the way we anticipated it,” Snyder said. Had Pruitt prevailed, it could have been enough to break a 20-20 House of Representatives tie in favor of Republicans. Twenty-one votes are needed to control the House, which is currently divided between a 20-member Republican wing and a coalition including Snyder, 15 other Democrats, three independents and one Republican. Two years ago, a similar deadlock lasted for a month before Rep. Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, was re-elected Speaker of the House.
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What Erin O’Toole is really saying when he says criminals shouldn’t get early access to vaccines Lisa Kerr Published January 9, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Lisa Kerr is an assistant professor at the faculty of law at Queen’s University.
Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole tweeted on Tuesday that “Not one criminal should be vaccinated ahead of any vulnerable Canadian or front-line health worker.” And, as was no doubt intended, the tweet caught fire.