Alaska’s top environmental regulator was chosen to be the new Pacific Northwestern regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced on Wednesday.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, in his second-to-last State of the State address on Tuesday night, took a victory lap with a selective recitation of actions and statistics from the past six years of his administration,

JUNEAU — In his seventh and penultimate State of the State address, Gov. Mike Dunleavy depicted an optimistic picture of Alaska’s prospects during President Donald Trump’s second presidency, even as his own budget analysts predict declining revenue in the coming decade.

Governor Mike Dunleavy delivered his seventh State of the State address, at the Alaska Capitol Building. The speech highlighted progress Alaska has experienced in public safety, education, and energy security,

Tune in starting at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion with Alaska Legislative Digest Publisher Tim Bradner, Alaska Public Media State Government Reporter Eric Stone and Alaska Beacon Editor-in-Chief Andrew Kitchenman before the speech.

Governor Mike Dunleavy will deliver his 7th annual State of the State address in Juneau on Tuesday at 7 p.m. He is expected to outline key priorities for Alaska’s future.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy touted his administration’s accomplishments and outlined plans for his final two years in office — what he called “the fourth quarter” of his administration — during his seventh annual State of the State address on Tuesday.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing legislation that would shorten the window for early voting in statewide elections and make other changes to the way elections are conducted. The bill would require all mail ballots to be received by the Division of Elections by Election Day,

Six years of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State of the State addresses shows while some policy ideas he introduced have been embraced and adopted, many others have been resoundingly rejected.

With aligned majorities in the House and Senate, priorities are set to include education funding, public pensions and election reform.

The vote came a week after Trump on his first day in office signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley.

JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday that he would seek out a conversation with President Donald Trump about his decision to rename Denali, the tallest mountain in the U.S. Trump ordered on Monday to change the name of the peak to Mount McKinley.