The Unangax cemetery holds more than 30 graves of people from the state who died at Funter Bay during World War II after the U.S. military forced them from their homes and held them for much of the war at the remote spot.
If approved, Alaska would have the nation’s first statewide street legal policy for four-wheelers and snowmachines.
Last year’s picks by the governor for boards and commissions did not lose their powers in December, the court ruled.
Some lawmakers and staff drank beers with invited guests while playing pingpong and basketball in the Capitol’s gymnasium.
Though approved by voters in 2006, the limit hasn’t been followed since 2013.
More than $1 billion in federal aid is coming to the state government, but lawmakers don’t yet know how to spend it.
The court is considering whether Gov. Mike Dunleavy improperly kept in place appointments to boards, commissions and his Cabinet after lawmakers failed to meet to consider the appointments.
Democrats and Republicans are each offering proposals this year, but quick action isn’t likely, they say.
A broader partisan divide over the COVID-19 vaccine is already prompting concerns about vaccine hesitancy in some of Alaska’s more conservative communities.
Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, who lost her re-election campaign in 2020, still faces eight other charges, including one felony.
The state’s electric companies are seeking a shield for liability from some wildfires started by broken power lines.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has said parts of the bill are unneeded, and the Senate is considering changes.
She also was a member of the “Old Iditarod Gang” and helped begin the famous sled-dog race.
Lawmakers are considering proposals for a ferry system whose budget has been slashed over the past seven years.
There was finger-pointing over why things played out as they did with the state’s emergency disaster declarations, the last of which expired in mid-February.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed to borrow several hundred million dollars to create Alaska construction jobs.
The Alaska Criminal Justice Commission recommended the Alaska Legislature adopt a “second look” law.
In-person meetings were required by state law but were temporarily paused during the pandemic.
The state House and Senate are planning different strategies to deal with airport testing, federal aid and more.
The hearing is would come more than a month after Dunleavy said his administration would no longer participate in hearings led by Sen. Lora Reinbold.
