Rep. Josephson: ‘The exodus of public safety employees trained in Alaska hits every corner of our state’ JUNEAU — The Alaska House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass legislation that would provide a new retirement incentive to help attract law enforcement officers and firefighters to have careers in Alaska. Currently, Alaska is one of two […]
Rep. Zulkosky: ‘It is difficult to speak about expanding our relationship with Tribes when the State doesn’t acknowledge them in Alaska statute’ JUNEAU — The House of Representatives voted 35-4 Wednesday to pass House Bill 123, a bill that formally recognizes the Alaska Native Tribes that have existed and governed themselves for millennia. While the […]
JUNEAU – Wednesday, the Alaska State Legislature passed Senate Bill 76 by Senator Jesse Kiehl (D-Juneau), which shortens the wait for private property owners to dispose of abandoned vehicles. Current law requires a person to live with an abandoned car in their driveway or on their lot for six months before starting the legal process […]
A new study by a Belgian team using data from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has shown that iron and nickel exist in the atmospheres of comets throughout our Solar System, even those far from the Sun. A separate study by a Polish team, who also used ESO data, reported that […]