JUNEAU – The House Health and Social Services Committee today passed a resolution that would reject the governor’s Executive Order 119, which proposes splitting the Department of Health and Social Services into two distinct agencies. Members of the committee expressed appreciation at collaborative efforts with the administration to find improvements in the services that the […]
“If that is not suspicious, I don’t know what is. Somebody clearly knew something.” A Democratic congressman is demanding that the Securities and Exchange Commission investigate a shady $54 million purchase of Oshkosh Corporation stock just hours before scandal-ridden Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced the decision to award that company with a lucrative 10-year contract to produce a new, largely gasoline-powered […]
“Government, at all levels, should tear down barriers to the ballot, not build them as we are seeing in far too many places,” said Wade Henderson of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Voting rights advocates issued fresh calls Sunday to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and For the People […]
An Income Tax Seeks to be Part of a Balanced Solution to Alaska’s Budget Deficit JUNEAU – Today, Senator Tom Begich (D-Anchorage) introduced legislation to establish a flat five percent income tax based on your federal tax rate. Senate Bill 100 would generate new state revenue from residents and non-residents earning an income in […]