(Anchorage, AK) – The Department of Public Safety has published the 2020 Crime in Alaska report, the annual report on instances of crime in Alaska reported a decrease in Alaska’s overall crime rate by 18.5%. This also reflects the lowest total number of reported offenses since 1975 and continues the downward trend in Alaska crime […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friday, Alaska Congressman Don Young introduced the Energy Accountability Act. This commonsense piece of legislation prohibits the Secretary of Energy from issuing loan guarantees to contractors who have previously defaulted on loans for alternative energy projects. The Energy Accountability Act would protect taxpayer dollars and incentivize loan guarantee recipients to ensure that their […]
(Juneau) – Earlier last week, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Dr. Tamika Ledbetter announced $66.7 million in unobligated CARES Act funding to be deposited into the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. “Our top priority is to rebuild the solvency while we keep costs low for Alaska […]
2021 (Juneau) – Governor Mike Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy extended their sympathies Friday to the family and friends of former Alaska Representative Jeanette James who passed away last week. In 1998, James was elected as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, where she served for 10 years. She authored and passed […]