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Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy. (Credit: Official Website) Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has made it official; he is endorsing Donald Trump for a second term as President.Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is endorsing Donald Trump, giving the former president the support of a governor whose state is expected to hold its nominating contest on the all-important “Super Tuesday” primary date.The endorsement comes as Trump expands his broad lead in support from Republican governors and federal lawmakers over his rivals in the GOP presidential primary. With Dunleavy’s backing, Trump has earned the support of three of the five Republican governors who have...

Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Saturday signed into law a measure that seeks to block state and local officials from closing gun stores during disasters declared by the governor, unless such closures apply to all other businesses. Regarded as a win for Second Amendment supporters and Alaska residents, House Bill 61 - which was championed by Republican House Speaker Cathy Tilton and backed by the NRA - came in response to business closures in Alaska and other states during the coronavirus pandemic and protects a plethora of firearm businesses throughout the state. "Today is a remarkable day for Alaskans,...

On Moday Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) stated that Alaska is ready to do its part in helping the U.S. reduce its dependence on foreign energy if the Biden administration will allow it to do so and argued that oil from Alaska is better for the environment than oil from Russia. Dunleavy said, “I think we should do both. I think we should push renewables, and we should push oil and gas. "And I don’t understand why we aren’t doing that, especially given what’s happening over in Russia. We’ve had the same issue with Iran and others that are not...

The Alaska Republican Party officers today unanimously endorsed Gov. Mike Dunleavy for a second term. There was no consideration of Republican House Rep. Chris Kurka, who has challenged Dunleavy. No one among the party’s leadership made a motion to offer Kurka for an endorsement. The nomination for Dunleavy’s endorsement was made by Ron Johnson, who is region representative for Region 2, the Mat-Su. Cynthia Henry of Fairbanks, who is the party’s National Committeewoman, seconded the motion. Dunleavy appeared at the party’s quarterly meeting, held in Juneau to thank the party for its endorsement. Attending were over 50 members of the...

The move would restrict development on roughly 9.3 million acres in North America’s largest temperate rainforest, according to those briefed on the plan, reversing Trump Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will propose reinstating a Bill Clinton-era rule to ban logging and road building in more than half of North America’s largest temperate rainforest, the department confirmed. The restrictions had managed to stay in place for years because of a series of court battles, but the Trump administration wiped them out last fall. “Restoring the Tongass’ roadless protections supports the advancement of economic, ecologic and cultural sustainability in Southeast Alaska in a...

Biden is killing Alaska and f@#$ing over the environment.

Steve Dunleavy, the hard-hitting, hard-drinking journalist who helped define The New York Post as a crime reporter, editor and premier columnist, died Monday at his home on Long Island. He was 81. The cause was unknown. “Steve Dunleavy was one of the greatest reporters of all time,” said Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Post.

JUNEAU — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has abolished Alaska’s climate change strategy commission and has removed a procedural roadblock for several major construction projects, including the Knik Arm Crossing. Administrative Order No. 309, issued Friday, rescinds seven orders issued by former Gov. Bill Walker, including one from Oct. 31, 2017, that established the state’s climate change strategy and the Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team. That team drafted a climate change policy and formally submitted it to the governor’s office in September. The plan has not been implemented. The governor’s office sent letters to the climate change team on Friday saying...

Election nerds like numbers. They love charts, spreadsheets, tabs, data, and models. This is a numbers story for the election nerds in all of us, even the mathematically challenged. It’s about who asked for absentee ballots and who turned out to vote early, easy data points from which even Common Core math survivors can glean conclusions: The first day of early voting in 2014 saw 1,698 people turn out to cast their ballot at an early voting location. It was an exciting year with a U.S. Senate race that featured Dan Sullivan challenging Sen. Mark Begich. Alaska also had the...

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced Friday he is dropping his bid for re-election and endorsing Democrat Mark Begich against Republican Mike Dunleavy. Walker made the announcement Friday afternoon at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, three days after former Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott stepped down from both his office and the re-election campaign over unspecified "inappropriate comments" he made to a woman.

From the moment he read "Gates of Fire" until a fanatic's bullet slammed into his back, "Murph" lived the life. The book told the story of the battle of Thermopylae - about how a force of 300 Spartans was slaughtered for standing against 200,000 invading Persians. _______snip________ In that moment, under three dazzling chandeliers in the East Room of the White House, I suddenly wished that the beautiful ceremony had been held in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Not to make a spectacle, but just so every one of those Hollywood bums who spew out idiocy to demoralize our troops could...

Both presidential campaigns yesterday pledged support to U.S. servicemen and women in Iraq — and took swipes at each other — in response to Post columnist Steve Dunleavy's impassioned farewell to his Iraq-bound GI son. Sen. John Kerry's camp said Capt. Peter Dunleavy deserves new leadership, but President Bush's side said the open letter from the soldier's father on the front page of yesterday's Post confirms military families stand with the incumbent. "John Kerry fought and bled for his country on the battlefield," said his spokesman, David Wade. "No leader in America understands better or cares more about Capt....

Toasted Postie Is this anyway for a 65-year-old "journalist" to act? Steve Dunleavy - the grizzled New York Post columnist notorious for his alcohol-fueled escapades (on at least one occasion, he's been found unconscious by a co-worker and presumed dead) - suffered a new indignity early yesterday. Two men mugged him at 3:15 a.m. while he was passed out on a bench on the corner of W. 47th St. and Sixth Ave. - near his favorite bar, Langan's. Why was he sleeping there? "First of all, I was drunk," he told The News' Richard Weir. "Second paragraph, I was comatose."...

Noted with Amusement:Among the things we need to cheer for during these tense times is a newspaper with a sense of humor.The New York Post, who gave us the wonderful headline 'The Axis of Weasels' has dispatched veteran columnist Steve Dunleavy to file stories on the perfidious frogs.Steven who is famous for his inabilitly to resist the press of the grape, is visitng French bars and cafes with a weasel under his arm.They probably wont get the joke but who really cares?