September 27, 2013, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today announced appointments to the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission, Alaska Historical Commission, State Vocational Rehabilitation Committee, Education Commission of the States, and State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
Joe Balash was named the acting commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources by Governor Sean Parnell on Tuesday to replace former Commissioner Dan Sullivan who exited the position to run for the United State Senate in the upcoming 2014 election.
The federal government announced it is dropping guidelines for federal purchases of seafood that could have excluded Alaska salmon and other sustainable seafood from national parks and military bases in advance of a hearing announced last week and chaired by U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, chairman of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and the Coast […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the U.S. Forest Service for using the roadless rule to block responsible development in Southeast, Alaska.