ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker on Monday announced a major initiative to build on the longstanding economic relationship between Alaska and China. Opportunity Alaska: China Trade Mission will help businesses in the Last Frontier build new relationships in China and foster existing ones. Governor Walker, Director of International Trade Shelley James, and Commerce Commissioner Mike […]
U.S. Attorney announced on Friday that a man who made threatening statements had been arrested earlier Friday morning. According to the report, 27-year-old Tyler Bateman had been charged with two counts of threatening interstate communications against an Anchorage business, then later making threatening statements directed at an Anchorage police officer and “several other people,” on […]
JUNEAU – Monday, Senator Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage) introduced a Sense of the Senate denouncing Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to rescind what is known as the “Cole memo” limiting the conditions of prosecution on state-licensed cannabis businesses. The Senate Majority made a motion to table the Sense of the Senate until March 7. “It is […]
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice, also is reportedly probing the finances and business dealings of the president’s son-in-law, who is one of the president’s top advisers. The Washington Post reported Mueller’s probe into Kushner’s financial transactions Thursday. Previous Post articles have mentioned Kushner’s meetings with […]