JUNEAU – Friday, Governor Bill Walker signed SB 134 by Senate Democratic Leader Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage). The legislation clarifies that a parent who chooses to keep a child conceived through rape can use a civil action to sever ties between the child and the rapist, if approved by the court and in the best interest […]
Dear Friends and Neighbors, At 117 days, the Second Regular Session of the 30th Legislature adjourned Sine Die after passing a marathon number of bills, including many bills that were rolled into other bills. While we didn’t get everything we wanted – such as a durable fiscal plan that includes a broad-based revenue measure, appropriate funding […]
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot response boat-medium crew assisted four people who reported their 22-foot vessel was taking on water near Auke Bay, Alaska, Monday. The Station Juneau boat crew arrived on scene and transferred a dewatering pump to the aground 22-foot fiberglass vessel. After several attempts at dewatering the vessel, […]
Juneau – Monday, the Alaska Legislature unanimously passed a bill to allow emergency medical services (EMS) providers to recover additional costs for transporting Medicaid patients in Alaska. House Bill 176 makes a change in state law that will help EMS providers recover supplemental reimbursements from the Medicaid program, which currently serves over 200,000 Alaskans. “Allowing […]