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...health-care facilities in the state.The Siegelman case attracted national attention partly because the former Democratic governor claimed that his prosecution by the Justice Department under President George W. Bush was politically motivated...
...Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Kurt Fredriksson, who served under both Republican and Democratic governors, voiced objection to a new layer of regulatory powers vested in an appointed board that is not accountable to voters...
...the Legislature is preparing for a special session to address a $2 billion, mid-year deficit. The state's Democratic governor has proposed eliminating the state's health care program for the poor and a medical program for disabled adults...
...one Republican dissent, from Rep. Peggy Wilson of Wrangell, the Legislature voted 40-19 not to take up the Democratic governor's appointments to the boards of fisheries and game, the University of Alaska board of regents and the state...
...embarrassment" - its failure to find compromise on a bill extending the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. The Democratic governor also had a harsh assessment of the overall outcome of the 22nd two-year legislative session, saying Republicans...
...of Alaska's seats in the U.S. Senate. The early favorites, Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski and former Democratic governor Tony Knowles, sparred this week over how to better care for the nation's veterans. Each is on the road this...
...Security also has recently aired issue ads in Indiana and New Jersey, Dubke said. In the eight years since the Democratic governor has taken office, the state has budget deficits, personal income has dropped and young people are "fleeing Alaska...
...subsistence groups want the appeal dropped. But sport hunting and fishing groups and many Republican lawmakers want the Democratic governor to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court. Knowles last week proposed an alternative solution. He asked...
...knew he picked a tough crowd to test his message. It was one of the first public speeches the two-term former Democratic governor had given since he announced that he was going to try for a third term. He had to make a splash that July day...
...doesn't believe two-thirds of the House would vote to remove Knowles from office and doesn't support it. The Democratic governor has just a little more than a year of his second term left and can't run for re-election, she noted. Robin...