JUNEAU – A bill creating a system to fairly compensate those wrongfully convicted in Alaska will be the subject of public testimony next week in the Alaska Legislature. House Bill 55, sponsored by Representative Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks), has been scheduled for a public hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at […]
A former U.S. business executive, who abruptly raised the price of a life-saving drug by more than 5,000 percent, refused to answer questions when he appeared before Congress on Thursday. Martin Shkreli’s appearance before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was a chance for lawmakers to sound off on the case, which drew […]
U.S. billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump at first said he was honored to finish second in this week’s Republican presidential nomination caucuses in Iowa, but Wednesday he claimed the winner, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, “stole” the election. Trump, a flamboyant political novice, wrote a Twitter message alleging that Cruz, a conservative firebrand, “didn’t win […]
Juneau, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to give the Alaska National Guard the ability to restore trust and order following a year’s work bringing all sides of the political and government spectrums together. The bill, House Bill 126 by the House Judiciary Committee, modernizes the outdated Alaska Code […]