The Ethics Committee has requested $319,600 from the State of Alaska this year to carry out its duties under the Ethics Act. It has also repeatedly refused to answer requests …
To his credit, Governor Dunleavy held to a full PFD in his proposed state budget again this year, and took all the slings and arrows that went with his doing …
(Ethics Committee members Skip Cook & Conner Thomas talk with a legislator during an ethics trial) With state budgets currently in the tens of billions of dollars, you might expect …
(John Eastman and I with fellow judges and the winners of the UAA Madison Cup) John Eastman has been a heavyweight in the arena of constitutional law going back …
Republican voters in Alaska outnumber Democrat voters 2-to-1. Unsurprisingly, Republicans outnumber Democrats in the legislature as well. In fact, there are six more Republican legislators than all other legislators combined, …
(Select this image to Watch the Ethics Confirmation hearing) Yesterday, the legislature held confirmation hearings for three appointees to the hyper-partisan Legislative Ethics Committee. I highly recommend watching the first …
(Click image to visit the full list of decisions published by Alaska’s Ethics Committee) If you knew absolutely nothing at all about Alaska’s Legislative Ethics Committee, you might find …
A press release was recently issued by the highly partisan Alaska Committee on Legislative Ethics. You can read it here. At first glance, it appears to exonerate me from allegations …
(Rep. David Eastman speaking with a Mat-Su resident in Wasilla) Shortly before COVID, I filed legislation to protect the right of Alaskans to communicate with the legislature at any time. …
(Governor Dunleavy Summarizing the State Officers Compensation Commission Report, 3/21/23) Bottom Line Up Front: On January 24th, the State Officers Compensation Commission (SOCC) submitted its final report on salary adjustments …
June 10th, 2025
