Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell on Thursday signed House Bill 56, legislation to eliminate the 10 percent tax on motorcycle rentals in the state of Alaska. Introduced by Representatives Lindsey Holmes and Tammie Wilson, HB 56 removes motorcycles from the motor vehicle rental tax which inadvertently included motorcycles when it was passed in 2003.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commended her Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee colleagues for working together to advance energy legislation. The committee voted to move five bills out of committee on hydropower and energy efficiency.
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich joined a bipartisan group of senators today to introduce the Dependable Air Service Act. The legislation would give the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation, in which the FAA resides, the flexibility to transfer funds between accounts in order to halt air traffic controller furloughs and avert mounting […]
Anchorage lawyer and former mayor of Valdez, Bill Walker announced on Thursday that he is throwing his hat into the ring in the contest for governor next year.