Governor-elect Bill Walker today announced two important appointments to his administration. Walker will appoint Jim Whitaker of Fairbanks as his Chief of Staff. Walker said of the anticipated appointment: “I have known Jim for many years and regard him as a trusted advisor. His previous experience as mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski today sternly informed the Acting Director of the Indian Health Service and Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the U.S. Department of Justice that neither she nor Alaskans will accept underfunding of critical public safety clinics in rural Alaska any longer, that Alaska is […]
It was announced by the Department of Justice on Wednesday that XS Platinum as well as five of its officers and employees were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Anchorage on five felony violations. The Justice Department said in a press release: “The indictment charges XS Platinum, Inc. (XSP), a Delaware corporation, and five […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Lisa Murkowski and Marco Rubio (R-FL) today introduced a bill to extend the moratorium protecting the commercial fishing fleet from unnecessary regulations threatened by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for one additional year. Given that the commercial vessels exemption from pending EPA regulations expires at Midnight on December 18, 2014, this […]