JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 12, sponsored by Senator Jesse Kiehl (D-Juneau). Senate Bill 12 lets sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, along with peace and correctional officers, keep their address confidential from public records. Currently, forty-one states provide address protection for victims. Senate Bill 12 requires the State of Alaska […]
JUNEAU – Senator Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, introduced Senate Bill 135 Monday establishing the Alaska Work and Save Program to make it easier for small businesses in Alaska to provide Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) to their employees. Senate Bill 135 would also allow all Alaskans to invest their permanent fund dividend in their retirement account during […]
Juneau, AK – Monday, Representative Kevin McCabe introduced HB 174, a bill that will reform the way that state funds are managed in Alaska. The bill seeks to ensure that fiduciaries of state funds prioritize the financial interests of the beneficiaries above all other considerations when investing public funds. This means that investment decisions will […]
Washington, DC—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Thursday reintroduced Bruce’s Law to bolster federal prevention and education efforts surrounding fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid that is increasingly being incorporated into illicit street drugs. The measure is named after an Alaskan, Robert “Bruce” Snodgrass, who tragically passed away in 2021 at the age of […]