OVERVIEW – 801 new cases | 4 deaths | 161 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: high | 55.1% of Alaskans 12+ vaccinated TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to keep our economy strong. Learn more about the CDC’s recommendations for fully […]
(Anchorage) – Alaska Lt. Governor Kevin Meyer has been named West Region Chair of the National Lieutenant Governors Association. NLGA is the professional association supporting lieutenant governors and the officeholders first in line of succession to a governor in all 50 states and U.S. territories with the goal of being as effective and as efficient […]
JUNEAU – Wednesday, members of the Senate Democrats introduced two pieces of legislation to increase revenue for the state of Alaska. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on August 24, 2021, it was noted by the non-partisan Legislative Finance Division that Alaska faces a $285 million budget shortfall for Fiscal Year 2023, even after overdrawing […]
“Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars.” In the 20 years since the September 11 attacks, the United States government has spent more than $21 trillion at home and overseas on militaristic policies that led to the creation of a vast surveillance apparatus, worsened mass incarceration, intensified the war on immigrant […]