(Anchorage) – Saturday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers. The emergency stay lifts the requirement by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, (OSHA), that workers be vaccinated by Jan. 4 or seek weekly testing and wear face masks at […]
November 5, 2021 (Anchorage) – Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today that the state of Alaska has filed a federal lawsuit to block the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on private employers and states like Alaska that have a state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plan. The vaccine requirement is part of an Emergency […]
(Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy opened, virtually, the Western Governors’ Association’s Working Lands, Working Communities Initiative workshop Tuesday. The event was hosted in Ketchikan, Alaska this year and featured conversations between federal, state and local policymakers and stakeholders. “Under the previous administration, America was an economic powerhouse,” said Governor Dunleavy during his opening remarks. […]
October 29, 2021 (Anchorage) – Alaska and nine other states have filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today. Under the mandate, a private business would be required to force its employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before it could be awarded a federal contract […]