(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has announced the August special session will begin on August 16. His decision, in consultation with the Alaska Department of Law, comes after yesterday’s written request from the four caucus leaders in the Alaska Legislature to convene the start of the August special session on August 9 or […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today urged Alaskans to use good judgment and practice common safety measures as Alaska’s limited healthcare infrastructure contends with a high rate of hospitalizations. The call for action comes after leaders from Alaska’s healthcare facilities announced concern with hospitals, especially in southcentral, at capacity and experiencing staffing limits, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Monday announced a distribution of federal and state funds prioritizing Alaskans’ public safety as the 2021 fiscal year nears closure. Totaling $2.4 million in state general funds and previously authorized federal CARES Act funds, the investments in domestic violence response and care, policing, and protecting the integrity of […]
(Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the reappointment of Craig Richards to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees for the term of July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2025. Richards served on the Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2016 and was reappointed in 2017. “As a Trustee, Craig has […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Friday announced the daily value of the Alaska Permanent Fund reached an all-time record high of $80.1 billion. “The Permanent Fund has done an exceptional job and we are seeing the highest returns ever in a single year. Following a year of hardship due to the pandemic, the […]
(Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Wednesday introduced legislation creating another approach that offers Alaskans the ability to purchase or lease state land for recreational cabin sites, advancing his priority to “put Alaska land into Alaska hands.” “The ability to own land is a core American value, which this plan supports by helping fulfil […]
(Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy Monday issued Administrative Order No. 321 stating that the State of Alaska will not require vaccine passports in order to travel to, or around, Alaska. “Alaska has led the nation with our COVID-19 response and vaccination rates, effectively protecting our most vulnerable citizens. With high vaccination rates, we […]
April 20, 2021 (Juneau, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy has announced the State of Alaska is joining a Florida lawsuit against the Federal Center for Disease Control (CDC). The lawsuit challenges the CDC’s job-killing shutdown of the cruise industry through its Conditional Sailing Order on the grounds that it goes beyond the scope of the CDC’s […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, the State of Alaska asked the U.S. District Court in Anchorage for permission to participate in a lawsuit to defend the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) approval of the Willow Project. The Willow Project would be located in the northeastern portion of the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, an area expressly set aside […]