Rep. Tarr’s wage disclosure bill is good for employers, employees, and business JUNEAU – Rep. Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) has pre-filed the “Wage Disclosure Act” for consideration by the Alaska Legislature. House Bill 200 would require employers to include wage or salary ranges when advertising jobs, explicitly allowing all employees to disclose and discuss their […]
Juneau – SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) invites females interested in dynamic, empowering presenters to Juneau’s Centennial Hall Convention Center on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 for the annual Reclaim Own and Renew (ROAR) Women’s Conference. With a vision of creating a safe place and atmosphere for women to realize their potential to […]
Murkowski and Cortez Masto Applaud Committee Passage of Not Invisible Act and Savanna’s Act Video of Senator Murkowski’s remarks Washington, D.C. –Legislation addressing the crisis of missing, murdered, and trafficked Native women, passed out of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee with strong, bipartisan support—heading to the full Senate for consideration. The bills, Savanna’s Act […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In her continued effort to address the public safety crisis in rural Alaska, U.S Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Alaska Tribal Public Safety Empowerment Act, legislation to empower tribes in Alaska to exercise the special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction on a pilot basis. Among domestic violence victims in Alaska, Native women […]