(JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is currently accepting applications for local transportation projects for the Community Transportation Program (CTP). Project applications are due May 15, 2019. The total funding available is approximately $50 million in federal funds. There are two sets of review criteria for this project nomination opportunity: […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]UNEAU – Wednesday, Senate Democrats sent a letter to Governor Michael Dunleavy expressing concerns about his ongoing violation of the Executive Budget Act. Alaska Statute 37.07.020(b) mandates the governor to submit “a fiscal plan with estimates of significant sources and uses of funds for the succeeding 10 fiscal years.” The governor’s 10-year fiscal plan […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ashington, D.C. – Thursday, Congressman Don Young introduced legislation to help Alaska’s rural veterans – and rural veterans across the nation – receive medical care from VA health facilities. This legislation extends the Highly Rural Veteran Transportation Program and allows the State Veterans Service Agencies and Veteran Service Organizations to continue to provide no-cost […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]uneau – Monday, the Alaska House of Representatives created the first ever House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs. Creation of such a committee has long been a goal of Representative Bryce Edgmon (I-Dillingham), Alaska’s first Alaska Native Speaker of the House. “We’ve never had a committee to deal solely with tribal issues in the […]