(Anchorage, AK) – Alaska’s continued participation in the Texas v. Becerra multistate case ensures that the Rehabilitation Act will continue, without undue interference, to protect the rights of persons with disabilities and the federal funding that supports existing Section 504 protections. The new federal regulations that Alaska is opposing would allow the federal government to unilaterally reinterpret […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Tuesday to over 11 years in prison and will serve the rest of his life on supervised release for attempting to coerce and entice a minor in 2023. According to court documents, in early July 2023, Benjamin Roundy, aka “Aleks” or “Alekzander Marko,” 43, responded to a […]
“Judge McConnell’s ruling in our favor was swift, and unsurprising,” said Rhode Island’s attorney general. “It is now time for the administration to come into full compliance.” U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. on Monday demanded that the Trump administration comply with his earlier order to halt a freeze on federal funding that’s being challenged […]
(Kenai, AK) — A Kenai jury convicted Homer resident, 46-year-old Marco Ramirez, of Burglary in the First Degree and seven counts of Theft in the Second Degree on Jan. 29. The evidence presented at the six-day trial showed that on Jan. 11, 2022, Ramirez entered the home of a man he used to work for who […]