An excited crowd of volunteers, supporters and spokespeople gathered at the Division of Elections office early this morning as Yes for Salmon – the group behind a ballot initiative that would update the state’s law governing development in salmon habitat – submitted 49,500 signatures to Division of Elections, more than enough to qualify the initiative […]
Juneau – The House Rules Committee met earlier today to review the results of the investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by former Representative Dean Westlake against a legislative staffer. Westlake resigned last month as the State Representative for District 40. During today’s meeting, the members of the Rules Committee agreed to release the report […]
Juneau – Representative Sam Kito III (D-Juneau) pre-filed a resolution on Friday seeking to amend the Alaska Constitution to impose term limits for members of the Alaska Legislature. If approved, House Joint Resolution 27 would place a Constitutional Amendment before the voters of Alaska. HJR 27 allows a lawmaker to serve continuously for up to […]
(Kotzebue) — After more than a decade of decline, Alaska’s largest caribou herd is showing signs of growth. Counts of the Western Arctic caribou herd completed recently from aerial photographs taken during last summer’s photo census tallied 239,055 animals, raising the total herd estimate to 259,000. That’s up from 201,000 caribou a year ago. Alaska […]