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Governor Walker Signs Capital Budget into Law

By Jonathon Taylor | Office of the Governor on Aug 1, 2017 Featured, State

$Governor \Walker speaking at the July AEDC luncheon. Image-State of Alaska$

JUNEAU — Governor Bill Walker Monday signed Senate Bill 23, the capital budget, into law. As passed by the Legislature, the bill contains appropriations for fiscal year 2018 totaling $1.4 billion, including $122 million in unrestricted general funds and $28 million in designated general funds. The bill leverages nearly $1.2 billion in federal dollars for […]

BLM Sign Patents to Convey Lands to the State of Alaska

By Lesli Ellis-Wouters | BLM on Jun 8, 2017 State

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office recently signed patents on more than 340,000 acres fulfilling BLM’s responsibility to convey lands to the State of Alaska and Alaska Native Corporations. The acres patented on May 31 were previously conveyed to the State by Tentative Approval (TA) or to an Alaska Native Corporation […]