House-Senate conference committee to sort out differences in versions of HB49 JUNEAU – The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted against concurring with changes the Senate made to House Bill 49. In the span of just a few days, the Senate added or changed roughly 75 sections and grew the bill by 23 pages. […]
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ethel – This morning Orutsararmiut Native Council, in coordination with other Yukon Kuskokwim tribal organizations, submitted another set of letters to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for continuing to issue permits and authorizations despite repeated requests for Government to Government consultation. DNR has not responded to the repeated requests from tribes for […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) is making a vessel route change with the goals of saving money and utilizing the new Alaska Class Ferries (ACF) as soon as possible. AMHS will move the ACF Tazlina to Lynn Canal to replace service by the F/V Fairweather, starting in May 2019. The […]
When U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced a new policy recently to keep asylum-seekers in Mexico while they wait for their cases to be adjudicated, it was the latest in a string of Trump administration policies affecting asylum this past year. According to requirements laid out by the U.N. Convention on Refugees in 1951 […]