Speaker Nancy Pelosi had directed House members to return to Washington, D.C. for an emergency vote Saturday on legislation to reverse Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s recent policy changes. After Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Sunday she was calling members back from recess to Washington, D.C. early to address the “devastating effects” of President Donald Trump’s efforts to […]
With a $56,462 grant from the National Science Foundation (award #1360839), the Alutiiq Museum will extend its Naken–Natmen (Where From–Where To) language project for an additional year. First funded in 2014, the multi-year project improved access to Alutiiq language resources by developing an online archive of Alutiiq recordings, creating an Alutiiq speaker registry, and planning […]
(Anchorage) – Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy today announced an amended call of the second legislative special session, adding the capital budget and amending the location from Wasilla to Juneau. “In my daily discussions with legislators – those both in Wasilla and in Juneau – many have acknowledged that real progress needs to be […]
Proclamation includes crime package, budgets, full PFD, education funding (Juneau) – With only minutes remaining in the 121-day regular session and no indication of progress being made, Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy issued a proclamation calling the Alaska Legislature into special session to complete its work on the constitutionally mandated budget bills, a comprehensive […]