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Gov. Walker hires new press secretary
Walker hires new press secretary JUNEAU EMPIRE Gov. Bill Walker will soon have a new press secretary. Austin…
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Gov. Walker names lobbyist as CFEC commissioner
Gov. Bill Walker has appointed a longtime lobbyist to replace Benjamin Brown as a commissioner of the state’s…
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Gov. Walker reveals details of Chinese gas pipeline deal
Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday released the details of a multibillion-dollar agreement signed between Alaska and China earlier…
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Walker signs landmark gas pipeline deal
Gov. Bill Walker traveled to Beijing with a president. He may be returning to Alaska with a pipeline.…
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Gov. Bill Walker will travel to China with President Donald Trump
Gov. Bill Walker will be among the entourage of President Donald Trump as the president begins a trip…
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Gov. Bill Walker hits new low in opinion poll
Gov. Bill Walker has hit a new low in a quarterly opinion poll conducted by the national firm…
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Walker announces ‘climate team’ days after teens sue
Gov. Bill Walker billed a press conference Tuesday morning as the rollout of his strategy to address climate…
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State of Alaska sues OxyContin manufacturer
The State of Alaska is suing Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, in its latest attempt to fight…
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Walker proposes payroll tax to fix (part of) the state deficit
To help solve Alaska’s multibillion-dollar annual deficit, Gov. Bill Walker is calling for a 1.5 percent payroll tax…
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Walker backs rollback of criminal justice reform
Gov. Bill Walker will ask legislators to toughen the state’s penalties for some minor crimes when the Alaska…
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Walker, Mallott file for re-election
Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott will attempt to repeat the “unity ticket” in a second…
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U.S. Attorney General has ‘serious concerns,’ but Gov. Walker stands behind legal marijuana
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has “serious questions” about Alaska’s legal marijuana industry, but Gov. Bill Walker is…
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Walker and Mallott will run for re-election
Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott will run for re-election together. “We have both decided that…
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State revenue commissioner Hoffbeck will resign
After three years trying to convince Alaskans of the severity of the state’s fiscal crisis, Revenue Commissioner Randy…
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Walker OKs capital budget
Gov. Bill Walker signed Alaska’s capital construction budget without ceremony or vetoes Monday in the Capitol, fulfilling a…
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Gov. Walker proposes summit to help lawmakers fix budget
In a talk with reporters on Tuesday morning, Gov. Bill Walker renewed his determination that Alaska lawmakers should…