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Setting the record straight on the PFD Author: Mike Dunleavy Published February 12 Share on Facebook Print article Since introducing my plan to provide Alaskans with $5,000 in economic relief during the worst economic crisis in Alaska’s history, I’ve seen no shortage of outlandish claims. Invariably, these arguments are made by folks who aren’t having any problems paying their bills in these difficult times. I’d like to set a few things straight. My proposal is not a complicated one. While it’s part of my “Path Forward” budget, it could also be called “following the law...

Print article Gov. Mike Dunleavy is beating the big-dividend drum again. In his annual State of the State address, the governor once more argued for a whopping $5,000 in direct payments to Alaska residents, despite a massively unbalanced budget and depleted savings. The plan will no doubt be popular among many; after all, who doesn’t like free money? But it’s also the most shortsighted budget idea Alaska has seen in a generation, one that would kneecap Alaskans’ future by – for the first time ever –overspending from an account intended to last forever. It’s called the Permanent F...

This table-turning revenue trick is why the state is broke.

Print article If I was to select a single word that characterized the Dunleavy administration, the word would be ignorance. The Pebble Mine proposal is dead and designated to be that way by a host of political figures, going back to Sen. Ted Stevens, former Gov. Bill Walker and, more recently, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency. The current administration is beating a dead horse on the rhetorical grounds it should be permitted because it’s been constitutionally mandated. I say balderdash. Soon after Gov. Jay Hammond was elected, he — with bipartisan back...

Print article JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s third State of the State address will be delivered from his Anchorage office, not in front of the Legislature in Juneau. It may be the first time an Alaska governor has not delivered the annual speech in person to the Legislature. The speech will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Thursday on the governor’s Facebook page and public broadcasting. In a brief written statement Monday night, the governor said his action was caused by “complications created by the COVID global pandemic.” However, Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, said ...