JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 4 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2021: Attorney General Treg Taylor announced today that Cori Mills will serve as the new Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Law. Ms. Mills started with the department in 2012 as legislative liaison and public outreach coordinator for the Civil Division. She spent eight years in that role where she honed her legislation skills, worked on budget and fiscal issues, and served as  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 5 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor issued the following news release: The Alaska Department of Law joined a coalition of attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in a $573 million settlement with one of the world's largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Company, resolving investigations into the company's role in helping opioid companies promote their drugs, and profiting from the opioid epidemic. Alaska will receive $1,329,4 more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today introduced a job-creating $356 million infrastructure proposal - the first statewide bond proposal in nearly 10 years. Senate Bill 74 is a key piece of the Dunleavy administration's Path Forward and will benefit Alaskans statewide, improving transportation, education, recreation, and communications systems throughout the state. Upon passage by the Legisl more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 2 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following joint statement: * * * Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and First Lady Rose Dunleavy issued the following statement on the passing of former Alaska State Representative Cynthia Toohey, who served in the 18th and 19th Alaska State Legislature from 1993-1997. "Cynthia Toohey was a strong leader who left a positive impact on all who knew her. "Cynthia made Alaska her home working as a nurse, starting a family, buying the more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 (TNSRes) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: Daily national surveys by Carnegie Mellon University show Black and Hispanic Americans are far less likely than whites to report that they have received COVID-19 vaccinations. Just 6.4% of African Americans and 6.8% of Hispanic Americans say they have received the vaccines, compared to 9.3% of whites. American Indians/Alaska Natives and people of Asian descent have the highest self-reported rates more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Feb. 5 (TNSJou) -- Oregon State University issued the following news on Feb. 4, 2021: Researchers can now determine the age and sex of living beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet thanks to a new DNA-based technique that uses information from small samples of skin tissue. Accurate age estimates are vital to conservation efforts for Cook Inlet belugas, which were listed as endangered following a significant population decline in the 1990s. Previously, researchers could only de more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Feb. 5 (TNSPer) -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: Alisha Miller, associate director West/Alaska, Office of Military and Veteran Enrollment and Outreach at Thomas Edison State University (TESU), was elected president of the National Association of Institutions for Military Education Services (NAIMES). NAIMES is an organization dedicated to excellence and advocacy for military-affiliated students. Its vision it to advocate for and influence more PR