Three-year deal ends strike, ferry service will resume in the days ahead Friday, August 2, 2019 (Anchorage) – Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka and her negotiating team reached a tentative agreement late Thursday night with the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific (IBU) on a new three-year contract. The agreement ends the 9-day strike, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 3877, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 67 to 28 and now heads to the President to be signed into law. “This bipartisan agreement is necessary […]
(Anchorage)—Due to the ongoing strike by employees represented by the Inlandboatmen’s Union, the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) announces the following cancellations. As of Thursday, future vessel sailings of the Tazlina, Lituya, LeConte, and Aurora are canceled, including Saturday, August 3. The above cancellation schedule takes into consideration where each ship is docked, where […]
Babcock to Assume Role of Senior Policy Advisor for Strategic Affairs, Stevens Named Chief of Staff (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy Wednesday announced changes to his senior staff: Tuckerman Babcock will assume the role of Senior Policy Advisor for Strategic Affairs and Ben Stevens will become the Governor’s new Chief of […]