Funding will provide stabilizing aid for food, water, other immediate needs WASHINGTON — In response to the damaging coastal storms that hit Alaska’s western shores this week, the Department of the Interior Friday announced that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is distributing $2.6 million to support the needs of 45 Alaska Native villages. These funds […]
WASHINGTON — This week the Department of the Interior announced that it has invested over $3.3 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance wildfire resilience work and support fuels management projects in Alaska on 7,952 acres of land across the state. This is part of $103 million allocated […]
More than 70 House Democrats told their party’s leadership on Friday that they oppose efforts to attach federal permitting reforms backed by Sen. Joe Manchin to must-pass government funding legislation, arguing the proposed changes would endanger the climate and frontline communities. In a new letter signed by an ideologically diverse array of House Democrats—including members of both the […]
(Anchorage, AK) Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the legislature cannot dedicate future revenues for future budgetary cycles. The Alaska Legislature can–as always–set aside funds from the current budgetary cycle to be spent in future years for Alaska’s school districts. In Dunleavy v. Alaska Legislative Council, the Alaska Supreme Court reversed a Superior Court decision and […]