(Anchorage, AK) – Last week, Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 42-year-old Benjamin Wilkins to 75 years to serve for one count of Murder in the Second Degree. The defendant pled guilty to the charge and faced an open sentence of between 10 years and 75 years to serve. On June 27, 2016, Wilkins shot […]
(JUNEAU, AK) – Tuesday Governor Mike Dunleavy released the results from a statewide public opinion poll on education in Alaska. The poll revealed strong support for increasing education funding, yet as a general approach to improving education outcomes, Alaskans believe that “change and reforms to the education system” are more important than “increasing education […]
“Trump’s legal theory defies common sense and would enable an almost limitless tyranny,” warned Public Citizen’s president. Monday was the deadline for amicus briefs in Donald J. Trump v. United States, and several organizations and experts took the opportunity to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the former Republican president and current candidate’s immunity claim. Trump is claiming […]
“American workers should not be paying more in federal income taxes, in a given year, than profitable companies like Target, Amazon, and T-Mobile,” said the senator. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky on Wednesday introduced a bill that aims to close tax loopholes for corporations, end tax breaks for businesses that move jobs abroad, and […]