AIDEA has long used outside attorneys. What’s new is selecting firms in advance, which the agency's leader says allows work to happen more quickly than going through the state’s procurement process each time an issue comes up.
AIDEA claims that once it decides what to do with the $300 million, there will not be enough time to get approval from the Legislature on the specifics.
The reports arrive as AIDEA seeks permission from the Alaska Legislature to borrow as much as $300 million for a variety of as-yet-unidentified mining projects.
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