Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski Addresses The Nation TODAY Alaska Governor Bill Walker Finishes A Week Facing Falling Oil Prices   Governor Walker Edited from 'Alaskanomics' by Katie Bender. Governor Bill Walker (NGP Photo) presented his State of the Budget speech to the Legislature on Thursday night. This was one night after the State of the State speech that he presented to open the Legislative session.  He said, “...it will not be easy, but we will manage Alaska out of the fiscal challenges facing our state.”  The budget challenge is well known to the Legislature, the Administration [...]