Anchorage, Alaska – Museums Alaska representatives—Dixie Clough, director of Museums Alaska, and Patty Relay, executive director of the Valdez Museum and Historical Archive and Museums Alaska Treasurer—will join hundreds of museum advocates in-person in Washington, D.C. on February 27-28 to petition our government and make the case for museums. Joined by museum leaders from across […]
JUNEAU–Following comments in a House Judiciary Committee hearing in which Wasilla Rep. David Eastman asserted that child victims of abuse who die represent a “benefit to society” and a “cost savings” to the state, Rep. Andrew Gray moved for the censure of the representative. The motion to censure passed the House by a vote of […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) is providing a $300,000 grant to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Mining and Training Petroleum Service (MAPTS) to train local residents for jobs at the Kinross-operated Manh Choh project located on Tetlin tribal land near Tok. “Our department created a pilot project following Gov. […]
JUNEAU – Legislation by Representative Andy Josephson expanding the coverage of anti-discrimination statutes within the state is in the House Labor and Commerce Committee. The Alaska State Commission for Human Rights (ASCHR) exists to assist in the remediation of complaints involving discrimination in employment, places of public accommodation, sale or rental of property, financing and […]