ANCHORAGE – Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) today expressed disappointment in Governor Walker’s decision not to pursue net neutrality protections for Alaskans through an executive order. Last February Senator Wielechowski, along with a bipartisan group of 23 legislators, sent the governor a letter urging exercise of his constitutional authority to issue an executive order requiring the […]
JUNEAU – Friday, Governor Bill Walker signed SB 134 by Senate Democratic Leader Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage). The legislation clarifies that a parent who chooses to keep a child conceived through rape can use a civil action to sever ties between the child and the rapist, if approved by the court and in the best interest […]
JUNEAU – Friday, Senator Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) released the findings of a research report he requested reviewing profit data recently released by ConocoPhillips. The legislature’s non-partisan research division determined that, “On a barrel of oil equivalent (BOE), Alaska is the most profitable region for the company by a wide margin” in the first quarter of 2018. […]
JUNEAU – Saturday, the Alaska State Legislature passed SB 134 by Senate Democratic Leader Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage). The legislation clarifies that a parent who chooses to keep a child conceived through rape can sever ties with the rapist, if approved by the court and in the best interest of the child. In 1987, the Legislature passed […]