John Cowdery

Cowdery given travel permission

Former State Sen. John Cowdery will get his passport back and be allowed to travel to Minnesota to get medical treatment at the Mayo Clinic, according to a judge's order filed Wednesday.

Still on home confinement, Cowdery asks for passport

Former state Sen. John Cowdery is asking a federal judge to order the return of his passport, even though he still has about a month left on his sentence of home confinement on a public corruption charge.

Cowdery gets 6 months home confinement

Former state Sen. John Cowdery was ordered on Tuesday to serve six months in home confinement and fined $25,000 for conspiring to bribe another senator into supporting the oil industry position on petroleum production taxes in 2006.

Stevens judge ponders new testimony

Cowdery prosecutors seek year confinement, fine

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday asked that former State Sen. John Cowdery be sentenced to a year of home confinement and fined $25,000 for conspiring with oil industry executive Bill Allen to bribe another senator.

PDF: Government sentencing document

PDF: Defense sentencing memorandum

Cowdery pleads guilty to Veco conspiracy

State Sen. John Cowdery pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to bribery and extortion this morning, the latest public official to fall in the broad public corruption investigation in Alaska.

Cowdery intends to plead guilty Friday

State Sen. John Cowdery, elected to six terms in the Alaska Legislature and the state's oldest active lawmaker, announced Thursday he intends to plead guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and extortion.

Cowdery trial is postponed

State Sen. John Cowdery's corruption trial was postponed until March at a hearing Tuesday morning.

Cowdery trial delayed to examine findings

State Sen. John Cowdery's trial on federal corruption charges has been pushed back until Jan. 12, 2009.

Cowdery pleads not guilty

Anchorage state Sen. John Cowdery pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges Monday after his lawyer wheeled him into court in a wheelchair.

Frail Cowdery pleads not guilty on corruption charges

A feeble-looking Anchorage Sen. John Cowdery, pushed into court by his lawyer in a wheelchair, today pleaded not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and bribery in a vote-buying scheme involving Veco Corp.

Cowdery resigns post on council

Sen. John Cowdery, who is under indictment for federal bribery charges, has resigned as chairman of the Legislative Council. He has not, however, stepped down from the Senate.

PDF: Cowdery resignation letter

Cowdery is linked to Allen inner circle in past testimony

State Sen. John Cowdery is an old-time Alaskan who has a long history with Bill Allen, former head of Anchorage oil field services company Veco Corp.

Investigations hang over key Alaska political figures

The indictment of state Sen. John Cowdery culminates another investigation of a public official targeted in federal raids, subpoenas and wiretaps in Alaska over the last two years.

Cowdery indicted on corruption charges

Cowdery indicted on corruption charges

The federal indictment filed against state Sen. John Cowdery revolves around the oil tax legislation pushed so hard by Veco Corp. and its executives in 2006. He is charged with conspiracy and bribery.