Dear friends and neighbors, On Friday, the Alaska Senate gaveled out of the special session after concurring with the changes the House made to SB 54, the “SB 91 fix-it” bill. Senate Bill 54 included several good fixes to SB 91. The first offense of a class C felony now carries a minimum jail time […]
In an unfortunate turn of events, the United States has been listed in the Democracy Index as a “Flawed Democracy” by the analyst division of The Economist Group, the sister company to the newspaper, The Economist. According to the London-based group’s website, the Economist Intelligence Unit downgraded the U.S. because of the “further erosion of trust in […]