JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate today unanimously passed Senate Bill 111, an important effort to improve reading skills through increased accountability, well placed resources, and by recognizing that students must be ready to learn when they enter kindergarten. “Reading is the key by which every other subject is unlocked. Now is the time to rise […]
Alaskans are fundamentally aware of how the heavy hand of Washington bureaucrats negatively impacts the economy, our individual liberties and the sovereignty afforded to states under the 10th Amendment. Decades ago, Gov. Wally Hickel directed the Department of Law to dedicate attorneys and resources specifically for the purpose of Statehood Defense. In 2013, the Alaska […]
NOAA Fisheries accepts applications for $197 million in loans for Community Development Quota groups in western Alaska. NOAA Fisheries is accepting loan applications totaling up to $197 million for fisheries-related projects for the six Community Development Quota groups in western Alaska. Up to $32.8 million will be available for each of the CDQ groups to […]
UPDATE: APD reported this weekend that Brent Smith had been redesignated as a suspect and had been taken into custody. On Monday, authorities announced that Smith had been charged with one count each of Murder I and Murder II in the death of the 30-year-old victim, now identified as Julian Francis JR. ORIGINAL: Anchorage police […]