JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a State Disaster Declaration in response to an imminent threat of catastrophic flooding caused by a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) originating from Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier. The declaration follows formal requests for assistance submitted by the City and […]
Palmer, AK — The Alaska House Speaker’s recent press release misses the point. The House Majority can speak for themselves regarding their votes and their readiness to advance critical gasline legislation. The House Minority is ready to work. We stand prepared to travel to Juneau, sit at the table, and do the hard work needed to […]
“This is what happens when you have an out-of-control agency that has been given billions in a bottomless slush fund by Trump and the Republican Congress,” said one House Democrat. Democrats in both chambers of Congress this week have joined rights advocates in forcefully denouncing plans for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to spend up to $20 million on […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday Governor Mike Dunleavy transmitted to the Legislature a compromise bill establishing the tax and oversight framework for the Alaska LNG project which can clear the way for the project to begin securing financing. The bill is identical to the Conference Committee version of HB 381 except for three changes: The governor’s […]