JUNEAU, Alaska, April 17 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on April 16, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today released his proposal for use of $1.02 billion federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) funds directed to the State for discretionary COVID-19 recovery efforts. The ARP, passed by Congress and signed into law on March 11, 20201, provides an additional $518 million of non-discretionary funds to the State. "This proposed allocation of federal ARP funds  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on April 15, 2021: Governor Mike Dunleavy today directed the Alaska Department of Law to investigate a potential violation of law after a group of Alaskans were contacted by individuals working on behalf of the Municipality of Anchorage about COVID-19 vaccine information. The Municipality received the names and contact information of those individuals through an unauthorized action by staff at the Alas more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 17 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on April 16, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced an Alaska tourism aid package, including a robust national marketing plan, as the state's annual $4.5 billion tourism economy is in jeopardy. The announcement was made in a press conference at the Alaska Native Heritage Center surrounded by cultural tourism businessowners and is part of Governor Dunleavy's larger proposal designating federa more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 16 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: The State of Alaska asked the U.S. District Court in Anchorage for permission to participate in a lawsuit to defend the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) approval of the Willow Project. The Willow Project would be located in the northeastern portion of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area expressly set aside by the federal government for oil and gas development. The initial discovery of oil in more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, April 16 (TNSPer) -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: Suzanne OConnell, professor of earth and environmental sciences, and Julian Dann '17, a graduate student at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, were both selected to be part of the American Geophysical Union's 2021 Voices for Science Cohort. Hosted by the American Geophysical Union, Voices for Science aims to train scientists "to address the critical need for communicating the value and im more PR