...administration has tentatively agreed to new contracts with all 12 state employee unions, Administration Commissioner Bob Poe announced Wednesday. Contract increases will cost the state more than $20 million, an amount likely to draw strong opposition...

...1 million less than the department's best-case projection. If the program runs out of money, the department would simply stop mailing out longevity bonus checks, Commissioner Bob Poe said. ''That's never happened,'' Poe said.

...multimillion-dollar guarantees from the Taiwanese. But the state doesn't want to see the seafood plant fail, said Bob Poe, AIDEA's executive director. Rather, the agency will do what it can to save a project that could mean hundreds of...

...Alaska State Troopers, to succeed Ron Otte as commissioner of Public Safety; and former Juneau Sen. Jim Duncan to succeed Bob Poe as commissioner of Administration. Of the three new commissioners, only Duncan is based in Juneau. Godfrey said he plans...

...dividends, AIDEA said. ''The AIDEA dividend is part of the state's long-range financial planning, and we're proud to be able to make a good return on the state's investment,'' said Bob Poe, the agency's executive director.

...Anchorage Economic Development Corporation. The AEDC?s board of directors announced Tuesday they?d hired Popp to replace Bob Poe, who announced in January his intention to resign. AEDC Chair Sophie Minich said Popp was selected from a strong field of...

...Windy, stormy weather blamed for power outages Coast Guard seizes Chinese fishing vessel Administrative Commissioner Bob Poe stepping down Alaska's Gore chairman faces tough sledding Weather Service issues fire warnings for Kenai Peninsula...