The ACLU of Alaska called the governor’s veto a “stunning and blatant” act of political retaliation. The state contends the governor has the power to veto funding.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy and local Republicans must now fill Revak’s state House seat.
The change would allow the department to freely defend the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general from ethics complaints.
At the core of the conflict is whether Alaska’s attorney general must defend the law until a court rules it unconstitutional.
Legislators said there’s little they can do to keep inmates from going to Outside prisons.
A south Anchorage state Senate seat has been vacant since the death of Chris Birch.
Lawmakers believed that the ability to appoint “temporary exempt” employees was ripe for abuse.
The result “will affect state budgeting potentially for years into the future,” senior assistant attorney general Margaret Paton-Walsh told the judge.
Alaska Senate Republicans failed to confirm the governor’s first choice for the vacancy, Rep. Laddie Shaw.
Disputes over the Permanent Fund dividend have prevented the GOP from forming a controlling trifecta in state government.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy must now name a new option for the seat vacated by Sen. Chris Birch.
Out-of-state travel was minimal, a separate report indicates.
In the first year of a new transfer system, the fund earned enough from its investments to grow by $1.4 billion, or 2%.
Shaw was chosen to fill the vacancy created by the death of Sen. Chris Birch. Senate Republicans will decide whether to confirm.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has said he will call a third, but no details have been released.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy must pick a replacement for the late Sen. Chris Birch by Sept. 5.
Covering a 26-day stretch, the payments to Sens. Mia Costello and Donny Olson and Reps. David Eastman and Neal Foster totaled $7,852 each.
The governor intends to appeal directly to voters in an effort to get a supplemental dividend.
The Alaska Republican Party has declined to confirm who has applied.
