(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy has introduced legislation (HB 131, SB 124) to enter Alaska into the Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) which will bolster healthcare access and nursing opportunities across the state. The NLC is the longest standing, most well-vetted professional licensure compact in the nation, with 43 U.S. jurisdictions already members, and […]
JUNEAU – Monday, the House passed House Joint Resolution 6, urging the U.S. Congress to safeguard the Universal Service Fund (USF), a critical source of funding for broadband and telecommunications services across rural Alaska. The resolution comes amid a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that could dismantle the USF unless Congress takes legislative action. The […]
“The public has a right to know that their tax dollars are being spent in the public’s best interest and not to benefit a government employee’s financial interests,” according to a recent ethics complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center. The drum beat for a federal probe into whether billionaire and GOP donor Elon Musk violated conflict […]