The ruling is a win for Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who directed the state to pay for the legal fight against the voter-backed amendment. The South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling in striking down a voter-approved measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana. In a statement explaining its 4-1 ruling, the […]
(Anchorage) – A U.S. District Court judge today struck down as unconstitutional part of a federal law that imposes burdensome restrictions on how states spend COVID-19 relief funds. Alaska was among a coalition of 13 states to challenge a Biden administration edict contained in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The law specifies that […]
Berkeley, CA — A federal district court judge ruled Monday in favor of a coalition of individuals and environmental groups and ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its decades-old regulations on the use of toxic chemical dispersants in oil spill responses. The lawsuit was filed in early 2020 in the U.S. District […]
ANCHORAGE – Last Friday, a panel of three judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Thompson v. Hebdon that Alaska’s campaign contribution limits violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Today, the Alaska Senate Democrats sent a letter to Governor Mike Dunleavy urging him to direct the […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Attorney General Treg Taylor Monday brought action in Superior Court seeking clarification from the court on whether, despite the failed effective date of the recently passed budget bill HB 69, money can be spent to keep state services open on July 1, 2021, the start of the fiscal year. “When there is a […]
“As the Biden administration considers its next steps, it should build on these foundations, end fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters, and embrace a clean energy future.” A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt the final blow to former President Donald Trump’s attempt to open nearly 130 million acres of territory in the […]
