(Juneau) — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is working with the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Law to analyze the impacts of a potential shutdown of government services. Individual programs are currently being reviewed, including an assessment of the impact of a shutdown on the commercial, subsistence, personal use […]
Juneau – Today, around 18,000 State of Alaska employees will receive pink slips. Unless the Alaska Legislature passes a budget in the next month, all non-essential state services will shut down July 1st. “This is the third year in a row that extended budget negotiations have threatened thousands of hard-working state employees’ jobs. Our Coalition […]
I do not believe there will be a government shutdown. Making that prediction true requires that 60 legislators act as statesmen and stateswomen, and that they base their votes on facts, not the fiction some politicians use for a good TV soundbite. Let me be clear about a few things, and why the Senate and […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s oldest daughter now has an office in the West Wing of the White House and will have access to classified information, even though she is not a government employee. Ivanka Trump’s attorney, Jamie Gorlick, said she will not have an official title, but will abide by the ethics rules that apply […]