Please remember to join us this Thursday (February 2nd) for our first Native Issues Forum of the year! The forums are a great opportunity to hear reports and presentations on a wide range of topics important to our Native community. If you are unable to attend in person, all forums will be webcast live at […]
Juneau – Earlier Wednesday, Rep. Dean Westlake (D-Kotzebue) introduced a bill to establish the second Monday in October as an annual holiday in Alaska called “Indigenous Peoples Day.” “I’d like to bring Alaska to the forefront in showing support for Native peoples and cultures. We have lagged behind our neighbors in Canada in celebrating […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker delivered his third State of the State address Wednesday evening, urging members of the 30th Alaska State Legislature to pass a plan this session to fix Alaska’s fiscal crisis. “State revenues are down more than 80 percent from four years ago. While we have cut the budget 44 percent, we still […]
It was announced by Governor Walker and Lt Governor Byron Mallott on Thursday, that they have selected the no-build alternative for the Juneau Access Improvement Project that would have built a 50-mile road extension to the yet-to-be built ferry terminal. The move frees up $38 million in state funds that were remaining for the project. […]