ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker thanked Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Dana Fabe Wednesday for her years of service to the state of Alaska. On Tuesday, Chief Justice Fabe announced she intends to retire in June 2016. Appointed in 1996, Chief Justice Fabe has had a long and distinguished career in Alaska’s judicial system. She […]
In a decision announced by the Supreme Court on Thursday, the judges determined that the federal subsidies for Alaska and other states that opted for federally run health care markets were legal. It was determined by a 6-3 vote that it was legal for the 34 states that chose to have the federal government run their […]
ANCHORAGE: In what has been described as a naked power grab, Republican members of the Supreme Court are attempting to cancel health care subsidies in states like Alaska that have federal exchanges. If these judicial activists are successful, they would make health care unaffordable for thousands of Alaskans who recently signed up for coverage under […]
The stay requested by the State of Alaska in the case of the same-sex marriage ban in the state, filed Thursday, was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday. The announcement by the Supreme Court cam just a minute after the temporary stay requested by the state and granted by the 9th Court of […]