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...the Permanent Fund. Meanwhile, the oil industry and the companies that depend on them are flocking to support candidates for governor and the Legislature who will do their bidding. Pressure is already being applied to current legislators to rewrite...
...pronouncement, "You drill or I will," it is time for Alaska to step into its ownership role and proclaim, "We can. And we will."? Walker represents the Alaska Gasline Port Authority and is a former Democratic candidate for governor.
...public officials." That race is shaping up to be the main ticket on a ballot in which voters will choose their candidates for governor, U.S. House and lieutenant governor, and decide ballot measures that would ban use of public money in lobbying...
Former candidate for governor Bill Walker, who made a surprisingly strong showing in the August primary against incumbent Gov. Sean Parnell, said Monday he'll...
...anything to say who hatched the plan." But asked about a rumor that U.S. Sen. Frank Murkowski, a Republican candidate for governor, requested inaction on the appointments, Leman said he had not talked to Murkowski about that. Sen. Lyda Green...
...with some programs boosting economic development after 10 years of losing high-paying jobs and industry. One candidate for governor, Frank Murkowski, served as the state's commissioner of economic development, 1966-70, when Alaska had...
...been campaigning hard against Murkowski. "The Republican Governors Association exists to support Republican candidates for governor and spends money in accordance with state campaign finance laws," said spokesman Rob Van Raaphorst. "Historically...
...medically necessary" abortions under the Medicaid program. Knowles and Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, who is a Democratic candidate for governor, said that the bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature last month is an unconstitutional encroachment...
...allowed from out-of-state contributors, the Alaska Public Offices Commission ruled on Thursday. But the then-candidate for governor did violate state campaign laws by failing to list the occupation of several donors who gave more than $100...
...management of the state economy. Knowles' lieutenant governor, Fran Ulmer, is considered the leading Democratic candidate for governor. But one of the bill's supporters, state Sen. Gene Therriault, said Knowles doesn't understand the issue...