ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker signed Bree’s Law into statute today at the Anchorage Native Primary Care Center. Members of the Legislature, healthcare professionals from around Alaska, the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Harriet Drummond, and the bill’s fiercest advocates, Cindy and Butch Moore, joined in the signing ceremony for HB 214. The bill’s namesake is 20-year-old […]
Anchorage – Monday, Alaska Governor Bill Walker signed legislation sponsored by Representative Matt Claman (D-Anchorage) to improve laws controlling franchise agreements between auto dealers and manufacturers. House Bill 136 updates Alaska’s franchise statutes to improve protections for auto dealers, auto manufacturers, and Alaska consumers. Following the economic recession in 2008, national manufacturers shuttered more than […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker is proud to announce the appointment of Alaska’s three newest superior court judges, who will serve in Fairbanks, Juneau, and Kenai. Thomas Temple will join the Fairbanks Superior Court. He has practiced law in Alaska for more than 16 years, after serving in the Marines during the Gulf War and […]
ANCHORAGE – Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) today expressed disappointment in Governor Walker’s decision not to pursue net neutrality protections for Alaskans through an executive order. Last February Senator Wielechowski, along with a bipartisan group of 23 legislators, sent the governor a letter urging exercise of his constitutional authority to issue an executive order requiring the […]