JUNEAU, Alaska― A federal judge today rejected the Trump administration’s enormous commercial timber harvest and road-building plan for Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest of southeast Alaska. The judge ruled that the project’s approval violated the National Environmental Policy Act, which sets standards for public engagement on federal projects that will alter the environment, […]
ANCHORAGE – The ACLU of Alaska has taken the next step to ensure that the integrity of the independent judiciary, and the Constitutional guarantee of the separation of powers is upheld in the State of Alaska. On February 21, 2020, the ACLU of Alaska asked the court to rule on Governor Michael Dunleavy’s unprecedented decision […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On December 3, 2019, Jessie Evan Sergie was sentenced to an agreed-upon sentence of 25 years with 5 years suspended for one count of aggravated sexual assault in the second degree. Sergie, age 28, will also be on supervised felony probation for five years. On October 10, 2016, Anchorage Police Department […]
‘Students, parents, teachers and school administrators deserve certainty in funding’ ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Superior Court issued an order Thursday evening that ruled against the governor’s attempt to reject the Legislature’s forward funding of K-12 education. The court ruled that legislative action to remove uncertainty for schools by passing a two-year school budget is constitutional: […]