ANCHORAGE — Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) has pre-filed a bill in advance of the 30th Alaska legislative session which would allow Alaskans a vote to safeguard the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) in the state’s constitution. The principal or “corpus” of the fund is already constitutionally protected and cannot be spent. However, the earnings of the […]
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to pick an indisputably qualified nominee for the Supreme Court and chided Republicans who control the U.S. Senate for threatening to block him from filling the pivotal vacancy. Obama told senators he has a constitutional duty to nominate a new justice after Saturday’s death […]
Saying that the Point Thomson lawsuit he brought against the state of Alaska was initiated to stand up for Alaskans, Governor Walker said he will dismiss the litigation after filing legislation that will strengthen statutes dealing with future oil and gas settlement negotiations. The governor pointed out that previous administrations had violated the Alaska Constitution […]
The stay requested by the State of Alaska in the case of the same-sex marriage ban in the state, filed Thursday, was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday. The announcement by the Supreme Court cam just a minute after the temporary stay requested by the state and granted by the 9th Court of […]