JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker and Board of Education and Early Development Chair James Fields announced a change in leadership for the Department of Education today. Dr. Susan McCauley will take over as interim Commissioner for the Department of Education and Early Development beginning March 1st while the Board conducts its search for a new […]
JUNEAU—Governor Bill Walker announced Thursday his selection of a Department of Corrections commissioner. Dean Williams, who served as Governor Walker’s special assistant, conducted an administrative review of the department, and identified key areas for improvement in policies and procedures. “Dean will usher in the change the department and Alaskans need,” Governor Walker said. “Given his […]
The governor of the northern state of Michigan says that about 200 children have been identified as having elevated lead levels in their blood from drinking the tap water in the city of Flint and that the number could grow. “There could be many more and we’re assuming that,” two-term Republican Governor Rick Snyder told […]
(Juneau) — The State of Alaska strongly opposes draft regulations published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that would usurp the state’s authority to manage fish and wildlife in Alaska’s 16 national wildlife refuges. Released Thursday for preliminary public review, the proposed rule would require that fish and wildlife be managed for natural fluctuations, […]