JUNEAU – The Alaska Legislature convened in a special session called by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Aug. 2 to address bills he had vetoed and new bills on education. House Republicans turned up in the state capitol on time and ready to work. The special session got underway after a three-hour delay caused by the […]
“Voters have a right to know that their elected representatives are acting in the public’s best interest and are not motivated by their personal financial interests,” said the general counsel at the Campaign Legal Center. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday narrowly voted in favor of advancing a bill that bars […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have introduced bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Young Fishermen’s Development Act, first signed into law by President Trump in 2021, to continue to mitigate the challenges and hurdles facing the next generation of entrants into the fishing industry. The legislation would […]
ANCHORAGE, AK — Earlier this week, Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Senator Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage), officially became law without the Governor’s signature, which establishes May 12 as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Day in Alaska. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is a serious and debilitating neurological disease that affects an estimated nine million […]