(Anchorage, AK) – This week, the State of Alaska advanced Governor Mike Dunleavy’s statehood defense effort by filing a 180-day legal notice of its intent to sue the federal government over 10 State-owned rights-of-way within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Once filed, this quiet title litigation will focus on an efficient approach toward confirming […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska continues to hold the federal government accountable for failing to clean up contaminated lands transferred to Alaska Natives as part of the 1971 Alaska Claims Settlement Act. On Nov. 23, the State filed an amended complaint (207KB PDF) with U.S. District Court in Alaska after the federal defendants misconstrued congressional directives […]
“We take on the risk. They take away the profits,” said one vaccine equity advocate. The Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical giant Moderna disclosed in a financial filing this week that it received another $300 million in U.S. government funding for coronavirus vaccine development in March even as the company hoarded its technology from the world—and attempted to undermine a critical […]
(Anchorage) — Last week, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced a lawsuit that asks the courts to recognize the State’s ownership to submerged lands within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, an ownership granted at Statehood but not yet fully recognized by the federal government. Governor Dunleavy also announced Notice of Trespass and cease-and-desist letters recently […]