(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, on the 63rd anniversary of the signing of the Alaska Statehood Act, Governor Mike Dunleavy announced that the State of Alaska is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior for illegally and unjustifiably extending decades-long restrictions on nearly 28 million acres of federal land in Alaska. The action by Secretary Haaland […]
May 20, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) – Commending Alaskans’ efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the statewide COVID-19 14-day average case rate has dropped from a classified “high” to an “intermediate” level, with 9.95 cases per 100,000. Alaska has been in the high alert category, with greater than 10 […]
(Juneau, AK) – The State of Alaska’s motion to intervene in a federal case that would threaten Southeast Alaska’s salmon fisheries was granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on Tuesday. The Wild Fish Conservancy, a conservation organization based in Washington state, claims that Alaska’s management of fisheries under the […]
January 20, 2021 (Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a statement on today’s decision of incoming President Joe Biden to halt oil and gas activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The decision follows the historic lease sale held on January 6, 2021. Today’s announcement to shut down development in the Arctic […]
January 18, 2021 (Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a proclamation declaring January 18, 2021 as “Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” in the State of Alaska. WHEREAS, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of advancing equality and justice for all people helped shape our nation and redirect the dialogue about race for […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed today, November 11, 2020 as “Veterans and Remembrance Day” in Alaska and issued the following remarks: “We celebrate our warriors on the 11th day of the 11th month in tribute to the temporary cessation of hostility in 1918 at 11 a.m., when the Allies and Germany […]
May 26, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – Tonight at 5:30pm, the Office of the Governor will host the second Virtual Town Hall Meeting on COVID-19. Commissioner Adam Crum, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink, along with a panel of public health officials and medical experts, will answer […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Wednesday announced the Permanent Fund Dividend Division will begin distribution of the 2020 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) to eligible Alaskans on July 1, 2020. “This has been a difficult situation for everyone – individual Alaskans have been hurt economically, businesses have been hurt economically. We’re going to […]
May 15, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer, along with the Alaska Division of Elections, today announced the State of Alaska will conduct the August primary election in the traditional manner, utilizing all existing options for Alaskans to vote including absentee voting, early voting up to two weeks prior to Election Day, […]