JUNEAU – The Senate State Affairs Committee heard Senate Bill 107, “The Alaska Sunset Commission Act,” by Senator Shelley Hughes (R – Palmer). The cost-saving measure will help ensure efficiency, transparency and constitutional alignment in the operation of our state government. The bill establishes the Alaska Sunset Commission as an apolitical, independent, and objective panel […]
The FBI is seeking additional information. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Oregon man was arrested by the FBI yesterday in Portland after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment this week charging him with transporting a minor with the intent to have the child engage in criminal sexual activity. According to court documents, in […]
Campaign Legal Center wants ethics officials to probe the “apparently flagrant violation of federal law.” The nonpartisan legal group on Friday filed a complaint with the Office of Government Ethics and the designated agency ethics official at the U.S. Department of Commerce, urging them to investigate comments U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made on Fox News earlier […]
One group noted who would actually complain: “Someone who depends on Social Security to buy groceries. Someone who depends on Social Security to pay rent. Someone who depends on Social Security to survive.” As U.S. President Donald Trump’s temporary leader of the Social Security Administration threatened to shut down the agency over an unfavorable court […]