Legislature OK's Funding for Vital Immunization Program
HB 310 Temporarily Reinstates Funding for the Alaska Immunization Program Through 2015
Governor Parnell Thanks House for Protecting Alaskans
Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell yesterday thanked members of the Alaska House of Representatives for their unanimous support of his legislation to toughen penalties for sex trafficking. HB 359 makes it a crime for anyone to conspire to commit sex trafficking or human trafficking in the first degree.
House Special Committee on Energy Holds Hearing, Hears Testimony on Cook Inlet Fields
A hearing was held by the House Special Committee yesterday to discuss Cook Inlet Natural Gas fields, and the sustainability and reliability of those fields in both the short and long term.
Rock Snot and Sea Vomit
A bill passed yesterday by the Alaska House of Representatives will give authority to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to swiftly deal with aquatic invasive species outbreaks, which wreak havoc in much of the Lower 48, with names like Rock Snot (Didymo) and Sea Vomit (Dvex).