JUNEAU – Twenty-two teens from 11 rural and urban communities met with Governor Walker in Juneau Tuesday and asked him to establish a Climate Change Task Force. With their request, the teens delivered more than 1,000 signed petitions in support of the Task Force from Alaskans statewide. “The meeting seemed to be promising for the […]
Juneau – Wednesday, Representative Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage) filed legislation to eliminate session per diem for days a legislator is not in Juneau. “In our current fiscal climate, legislators need to tighten their belts just as much as the rest of the state,” said Rep. Drummond. House Bill 111 – “An Act relating to the policy […]
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the former union financial secretary of the Carpenters Local Union 2247 in Juneau was sentenced for Embezzlement in District Court. 42-year-old Jonathan H. Smith was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to “five years of probation with the condition that he serve four […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker issued an administrative order on Friday, December 26, to direct all state agencies to stop non-obligated spending on the following six projects: Ambler Road, Juneau Access Road, Susitna-Watana Dam, Kodiak Launch Complex, Knik Arm Crossing and Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project. “Our budget deficit grows deeper as oil prices go […]