Representative Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) today welcomed the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board’s unanimous adoption of “Erin’s Policy.” The measure directs the district to teach students techniques for recognizing and reporting sexual abuse, and train teachers and staff to recognize signs of abuse and how to respond to them. The Board approved the policy at […]
Washington, D.C – The House of Representatives and Alaskan Congressman Don Young today passed bipartisan legislation aimed at modestly updating the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a law enacted in 1973 to preserve, protect, and recover species. H.R. 4315, the Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act, which passed the House today by a vote of 233 […]
Kenai, Alaska – Representative Paul Seaton’s bill to allow greater participation in the wildly popular Permanent Fund Dividend “Pick.Click.Give.” charitable giving program was signed into law by Alaska Governor Sean Parnell today. House Bill 75 changes an onerous statute requiring a full financial audit by a certified public account, making it apply only to organizations that […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young Friday applauded the bill signing of H.R. 3110, the Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act, legislation he introduced to resolve a longstanding concern for the Huna Tlingit people and once again allow members of the Hoonah Indian Association to harvest gull eggs in Glacier Bay National Park. “Throughout […]