JUNEAU – The Alaska Legislature early this morning approved the state’s operating and capital budgets for the upcoming 2021 fiscal year, and emergency funding to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. House Bill 205 totals $4.74 billion in state unrestricted general funds. It holds operating expenses relatively flat at $4.62 billion; provides $120 million […]
HB308 is a critical step to provide much-needed aid for those displaced by deadly virus JUNEAU – Monday, a bill that will make it easier for Alaskans facing economic impacts due to the outbreak of COVID-19 to access unemployment benefits cleared its final legislative hurdle. House Bill 308 passed the House of Representatives on […]
The Alaska Department of Law, after a two-year investigation, leveled charges against Anchorage’s Republican legislator. Representative Gabrielle LeDoux and two of her associates accusing them on Friday of election fraud in 2014 as well as 2018. It was on August 16th, 2018 that the Division of Elections notified Alaska State Troopers that they had […]
House Bill 206 provides funding to put boots on the ground JUNEAU – In response to growing concerns over potential impacts of COVID-19 on Alaska, lawmakers today approved a budget that includes money needed to prepare for the disease which has now been declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. House Bill […]