(Anchorage, AK) Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the legislature cannot dedicate future revenues for future budgetary cycles. The Alaska Legislature can–as always–set aside funds from the current budgetary cycle to be spent in future years for Alaska’s school districts. In Dunleavy v. Alaska Legislative Council, the Alaska Supreme Court reversed a Superior Court decision and […]
Campaign Takes a Stand Against Big Pharma After Cap Fails at Federal Level (Anchorage) – Friday, Les Gara announced his plan to cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin for Alaskans at $35 per month. The proposed cap went before Congress last week and failed by three votes, urging Gara to take a strong stand against […]
ANCHORAGE – On Friday, August 5, HB 184, a bill codifying the Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact, automatically became State law without the Governor’s signature. The Alaska Tribal Child Welfare Compact began in 2017, under Governor Bill Walker and HSS Commissioner Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson, who signed the landmark State-Tribal Compact with 18 Tribal Co-Signers, representing 161 […]
Additional Funds Will Expedite Completion of the Road to Arctic Port Site (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Governor Dunleavy announced from Kotzebue on Monday that funding will be secured to complete the road to Cape Blossom. The additional funding will expedite the completion of the road, which will link Kotzebue to a viable arctic port at Cape Blossom. “Kotzebue […]