December 7, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed today, December 7, 2020, as “Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day” in Alaska and issued the following remarks: “Reflecting on the loss of human life and the destruction of the Pearl Harbor Base that day serves as a stark reminder of the exceptional service and selfless […]
JUNEAU – Celebration of Alaska’s purchase from Russia, known as the Treaty of Cession, will be held in Washington D.C. next week and feature a number of Alaska leaders. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the document that transferred ownership of Alaska to the United States. Lt. Governor Byron Mallott is the Chair of […]
October 6, 2016 ANCHORAGE– Building on the cooperative relationship between Alaska and British Columbia, Alaska Lt. Governor Byron Mallott and British Columbia Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett and British Columbia Minister of Environment Mary Polak today signed a Statement of Cooperation on the Protection of Transboundary Waters (SoC). The SoC implements Section 2 […]
JUNEAU – The Office of the Lt. Governor has scheduled several public hearings on Ballot Measure #1, the Permanent Fund Voter Registration Initiative, to take place in Alaska’s four judicial districts. The hearings are required under a law passed by the Alaska State Legislature in 2010. Alaska Statute 15.45.195 requires the lieutenant governor to hold […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Six Alaskans nominated by Governor Sean Parnell were appointed by the U.S. secretary of state to serve on a panel for the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. The panel serves as a forum for promoting the conservation of anadromous stocks and ecologically related species in the North Pacific Ocean; and advises the […]
Anchorage, Alaska – In August, Governor Sean Parnell called for an expanded investigation into allegations of fraud in the Alaska National Guard. Wednesday, the governor announced that a team of three auditors from the National Guard Bureau has arrived in Alaska to determine the adequacy and management of federal resources handled by the Alaska National […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Less than a week after naming Brigadier General Jon K. Mott to lead the special project team that will implement the recommendations in the National Guard’s Office of Complex Investigations’ (OCI) assessment report, Governor Sean Parnell met with the general in Anchorage. General Mott, the assistant adjutant general for the Connecticut National […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell announced Monday that the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) filed an administrative claim for breach of contract against Xerox, including a request for an order that Xerox remedy all defects in the Medicaid Management Information System on an expedited basis. “I am determined that Xerox be held […]
September 17, 2014, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today announced that the 2014 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) will be $1,884.00. The first dividends will be paid on October 2, when approximately 510,731 applicants will receive a direct deposit into their bank account, and 88,186 will be mailed a check. Paper checks will enter the […]