(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor wrote the following column to explain why the State is challenging a new Final Rule related to the Rehabilitation Act, adopted last year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. To be clear: this case is not asking the court to eliminate the Rehabilitation Act […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Michael J. Heyman was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Feb. 28, 2025. Mr. Heyman was sworn in on March 3, 2025, by U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess. He is serving on an interim basis as the U.S. Attorney for […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced that the Alaska Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit obtained a Superior Court order requiring B. Merry Studio, Inc., its owners, and an employee to pay a $250,000 civil penalty for marketing products as made in Alaska, when those products were in fact made in the […]
JUNEAU – Friday, on a unanimous vote, the House passed Senate Bill 87, rejecting the recommendations of the Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission (ASOCC) to implement automatic salary adjustments for the Governor, Lt. Governor, department heads, and legislators. The bill, which passed with broad bipartisan support, was swiftly advanced to address concerns over the state’s […]