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House of Representatives Passes Bill Requiring Faster Processing of Rape Kits

By Austin Baird | Akleg on Mar 25, 2020   Featured, Health, State  

House of Representatives Passes Bill Requiring Faster Processing of Rape Kits

  House Bill 182 the latest step in ongoing Rape Kit Reform effort aimed at bringing justice to survivors JUNEAU – Tuesday, the Alaska House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass a bill that would prevent a backlog of rape kits and help make sure victims of sexual assault see swift justice delivered against their […]

Legislature Passes Bill Expanding Unemployment Benefits for Alaskans Impacted by COVID-19

By Austin Baird | Akleg on Mar 24, 2020   Featured, Politics, State  

Legislature Passes Bill Expanding Unemployment Benefits for Alaskans Impacted by COVID-19

  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 […]

Coast Guard Medevacs Man near Sitkinak Island

By 17th District online newsroom on Nov 7, 2019   At Sea, Featured  

Coast Guard Medevacs Man near Sitkinak Island

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a fishing boat near Sitkinak Island, Wednesday. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak hoisted the man who had sustained an arm injury, and transported him to awaiting EMS in Kodiak. Watchstanders in the Sector Anchorage command center received a request for the […]

House Passes Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protective Act

By Alaska Native News on Sep 12, 2019   Featured, North Slope/Northwest Alaska, Politics, State  

House Passes Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protective Act

 In a vote of 225-193, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protective Act preventing the Bureau of land Management from holding lease sales on the Arctic Coastal Plain. Despite the vote by the House, Trump has said he will veto the bill if it manages to reach his […]

Senate Democratic Leader Praises Unanimous Passage of Capital Budget

By Noah Hanson | AKLEG on Jul 20, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

Senate Democratic Leader Praises Unanimous Passage of Capital Budget

  JUNEAU – Today, the Alaska State Senate passed a Capital Budget unanimously for the second time this year. The Capital Budget, Senate Bill 2002, now heads over to the House of Representatives for consideration. The capital budget is vastly similar to the bare bones version that passed June 13, 2019, which was vetoed by […]

House of Representatives Passes Budget That Keeps State on Track to Avoid Shutdown

By Austin Baird | Akleg on Jun 10, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

House of Representatives Passes Budget That Keeps State on Track to Avoid Shutdown

  Budget protects essential services, makes historic cut to government spending JUNEAU – The Alaska House of Representatives Sunday passed a compromise operating budget that protects essential services, keeps the State of Alaska on track to avoid a damaging shutdown, and reduces government spending to the lowest level in 15 years without dipping into savings. […]

House Passes Resolution in Support of Renaming Saginaw Bay as Skanáx̱ Bay

By Austin Baird | Akleg on May 24, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

House Passes Resolution in Support of Renaming Saginaw Bay as Skanáx̱ Bay

  Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins’ proposal supports formal return to Tlingit name for bay in Kake  JUNEAU – The Alaska House of Representatives last week passed House Resolution 11, 37-0, expressing the House’s support of renaming Saginaw Bay in Kake to its Tlingit name, Skanáx̱ Bay. The bay is adjacent to the Southeast Alaska village and is […]

Legislature Votes to Permanently Establish November as Alaska Native Heritage Month

By Austin Baird | Akleg on May 14, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

Legislature Votes to Permanently Establish November as Alaska Native Heritage Month

  HB126 honors Alaska Native cultures, languages, and traditions JUNEAU – A proposal to permanently establish November as Alaska Native Heritage Month cleared its final legislative hurdle on Monday when it unanimously passed the Senate. House Bill 126 is sponsored by the Legislature’s first-ever House Tribal Affairs Committee and is the first piece of committee […]

Legislature Passes Bill to keep Pioneer Homes Affordable

By Austin Baird | Akleg on May 13, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

Legislature Passes Bill to keep Pioneer Homes Affordable

  HB96 blocks massive rate increases, limits future increases to match inflation JUNEAU – The Alaska House of Representatives on Friday passed House Bill 96 with broad bipartisan support on a 35-to-4 vote. The legislation would block massive rate increases and keep Pioneer Homes affordable by limiting future cost increases to match inflation. “Pioneer Homes […]

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