ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker on Tuesday signed Administrative Order No. 292, establishing the Governor’s Commuter Rail Advisory Task Force. The nine-member group is being formed to determine the feasibility of a commuter rail service connecting Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Right now, an average of 50,000 drivers commute daily on the lone ground transportation […]
JUNEAU – Governor Bill Walker announced today that he has appointed Craig Richards to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees. The governor-appointed board is composed of six trustees who manage the corporation’s policies. The board includes four public members, the Commissioner of Revenue, and an additional cabinet member of the governor’s choosing. Mr. […]
December 12, 2017 JUNEAU — Governor Bill Walker Tuesday appointed the 15 public members and five ex-officio members of the Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team, established in October by Administrative Order 289. Governor Walker announced the team following an extensive internal review of nearly 100 applications. The team will focus on mitigation, adaptation, research, […]
ANCHORAGE – As a part of their continuing work to address the opioid crisis and build a Safer Alaska, Governor Bill Walker and Lt. Governor Byron Mallott will each donate $3,500 for a new drug detection K9 that will serve Yakutat and Cordova, and help reduce the flow of illegal drugs into rural Alaska. “In […]