(Fairbanks, AK) – Monday afternoon, Governor Mike Dunleavy visited Fairbanks and signed four pieces of legislation addressing health care, timber sales, military affairs, and motor vehicles. Each bill was sponsored by a member of the Alaska Legislature’s interior delegation. House Bill 104 creates a new category of timber sales, called expedited timber sales, for state […]
Friday Governor Mike Dunleavy transmitted the Fiscal Year 2025 state operating and capital budgets. Governor Dunleavy line-item vetoed and signed the appropriation bills Thursday afternoon. The result is a fiscally-responsible budget that invests in Alaska’s public education system, enhances energy security, increases public safety, and improves affordability for Alaskans. The FY2025 budget funds state government […]
JUNEAU, AK – The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) announced the signing of a Indian Nation agreement with the State of Washington, Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), to provide Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) services. This partnership represents a crucial step forward in Tlingit & […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – Friday, representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District and City of Unalaska conducted a signing ceremony for an agreement that advances the construction of the Unalaska Channel project. Officially known as a “project partnership agreement,” the document was signed by Col. Jeffrey Palazzini, district commander, and Bil […]