WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump claimed executive privilege Wednesday to refuse to hand over documents to opposition Democratic lawmakers investigating a question about citizenship on next year’s once-a-decade U.S. census. Trump’s action came just ahead of a scheduled vote by the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on whether to hold Attorney General William […]
Governor Urged to Drop Threat of Lawsuit Challenging Forward Funding of Education JUNEAU – Yesterday, the Senate Finance Committee met to discuss Governor Dunleavy’s proposed Senate Bill 1001. In the 2018 legislative session, bipartisan and bicameral legislation was passed to fully fund education for fiscal year 2020. SB 1001 would repeal last year’s […]
Prince of Wales Sale Would Harm Habitat, Local Economy JUNEAU, Alaska— Eight conservation groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday to stop its authorization of the largest logging project in the national forest system in a generation, including thousands of acres of old-growth timber in the Tongass National Forest. Tuesday’s lawsuit says the U.S. Forest Service is […]
Six Bristol Bay fishermen, funded by developers of the proposed Pebble mine, are suing the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (BBRSDA) over its contracts with mine opponents SalmonState and United Tribes of Bristol Bay. In their complaint filed in Alaska Superior Court, BBRSDA members Trefim Andrew, Tim Anelon, Gary Nielsen, Henry Olympic, Abe […]