JUNEAU, Alaska― A federal judge today rejected the Trump administration’s enormous commercial timber harvest and road-building plan for Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest of southeast Alaska. The judge ruled that the project’s approval violated the National Environmental Policy Act, which sets standards for public engagement on federal projects that will alter the environment, […]
Appeals Court Sides with GOP Led Plaintiffs in Declaring Law Unconstitutional, Remands Final Decision to Judge who Already Said Entire Law Should Fall Washington, DC — Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Trump administration in Texas vs. United States, striking down as unconstitutional the ACA’s individual mandate and […]
‘Students, parents, teachers and school administrators deserve certainty in funding’ ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Superior Court issued an order Thursday evening that ruled against the governor’s attempt to reject the Legislature’s forward funding of K-12 education. The court ruled that legislative action to remove uncertainty for schools by passing a two-year school budget is constitutional: […]
WASHINGTON – Untold amounts of foreign donations are flowing into America’s political system, with little accountability or limits. Although election experts say it’s impossible to accurately estimate the extent of foreign financial influence over U.S. elections, many agree it has increased substantially since a landmark Supreme Court ruling nearly a decade ago opened the flood […]