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Article content U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday said it would suspend oil and gas leases that were handed out in an Alaska wildlife refuge during the final days of the Trump administration pending an environmental review. The action reverses one of former president Donald Trump’s signature efforts to expand fossil fuel development in the United States and delivers a setback to the Alaskan state government, which had hoped opening the enormous refuge would help revive its declining oil industry. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Decades-long political and legal battles over drilling in...

JUNEAU (AP) — An Alaska Department of Law investigation found there were no violations of state law or regulations in a contract awarded to the grandson of a major donor to an effort to elect the governor in 2018. The law department outlined its conclusions in a Jan. 29 memo about the sole-source contract awarded to Clark Penney, grandson of developer Bob Penney, the Anchorage Daily News reported  Wednesday. Bob Penney gave more than $350,000 to a political group supporting the election of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority awarded Cl...

No violations found in contract to Dunleavy donor’s grandson by The Associated Press Last Updated Feb 19, 2021 at 9:44 am EDT JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska Department of Law investigation found there were no violations of state law or regulations in a contract awarded to the grandson of a major donor to the governor’s 2018 election campaign. The law department outlined its conclusions in a Jan. 29 memo about the sole-source contract awarded to Clark Penney, grandson of developer Bob Penney, the Anchorage Daily News reported Wednesday. Bob Penney gave more than $350,000 to a political group...

Print article JUNEAU — An Alaska Department of Law investigation found “no violations of state law or regulations” after a state-owned corporation awarded a sole-source contract to the grandson of a major contributor to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s 2018 election campaign. The department’s conclusions were outlined in a Jan. 29 memo from Attorney General-designee Treg Taylor to Dunleavy’s chief of staff, Ben Stevens. The memo reviewed the contract with Clark Penney, grandson of developer Bob Penney, who gave more than $350,000 to a political group that supported Dunleavy’s election in ...