CAPITOL HILL – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved bipartisan legislation to address the humanitarian crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border with more than $4 billion in supplemental funds and new requirements for the care of detained migrants, especially children. The 84-8 vote came amid renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration’s treatment of minors in […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]UNEAU – Wednesday, Senate Democrats sent a letter to Governor Michael Dunleavy expressing concerns about his ongoing violation of the Executive Budget Act. Alaska Statute 37.07.020(b) mandates the governor to submit “a fiscal plan with estimates of significant sources and uses of funds for the succeeding 10 fiscal years.” The governor’s 10-year fiscal plan […]
A moose collision at mile 167 of the Sterling Highway sent a 25-year-old mother and two children to the hospital for evaluation early Monday morning, troopers report. 25-year-old Ashley Morey was traveling southbound on the Sterling Highway at just after 6 am on Monday morning when she encountered a moose that ran into the […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]uneau – Monday, the Alaska House of Representatives created the first ever House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs. Creation of such a committee has long been a goal of Representative Bryce Edgmon (I-Dillingham), Alaska’s first Alaska Native Speaker of the House. “We’ve never had a committee to deal solely with tribal issues in the […]