Due to budget cuts, the Loussac Library will be reducing hours. Starting January 2, the Loussac will close an hour earlier at 8pm Mondays-Thursdays. “We looked at all of the ways we could absorb this year’s budget cuts with the least impact to our community,” says Library Director Mary Jo Torgeson. “Unfortunately, after many years […]
WASHINGTON — With a vote of 51 to 49, Republicans in the U.S. Senate have approved a $4 trillion budget that could pave the way for U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for what he has called “massive tax cuts and reform.” Senate Republicans were under pressure to approve the tax cut measure before next year’s midterm […]
According to the director of the Secret Service, Randolph “Tex” Alles, because of the president’s large family size, multiple homes and frequent trips to golf courses and Trump’s resort homes, more than a thousand Secret Service agents have maxed out their pay and overtime allowances, and many of those will not be fully compensated for […]
JUNEAU — Governor Bill Walker Monday signed Senate Bill 23, the capital budget, into law. As passed by the Legislature, the bill contains appropriations for fiscal year 2018 totaling $1.4 billion, including $122 million in unrestricted general funds and $28 million in designated general funds. The bill leverages nearly $1.2 billion in federal dollars for […]