JUNEAU, Alaska, April 29 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Attorney General Treg Taylor joined with 21 states in filing a comment letter opposing the use of "Social Cost of Carbon" analysis by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in certification decisions related to interstate natural gas pipeline construction. "This executive order has potentially devastating impacts on Alaska's people, businesses, and government by allowing the federal g more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 1 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a 19-state coalition Thursday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take swift action to stop an appeals court ruling that would give the Environmental Protection Agency virtually unlimited authority to regulate wide swaths of everyday life with rules that would devastate coal mining, increase energy costs, and eliminate countless jobs. The coalition's petition,  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 29 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and the Alaska Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) announced on April 27, 2021 that Alaska and other states have reached an agreement with Indivior PLC and Indivior Inc. (collectively "Indivior") to settle allegations that Indivior falsely and aggressively marketed and otherwise promoted the drug Suboxone, resulting in improper expenditures of state Medicaid f more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 29 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Attorney General Treg Taylor announced that Alaska is part of an amicus effort with 22 other states that was just granted cert, in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Corlett in the United States Supreme Court. The brief, led by Arizona and Missouri, argued that permitting law-abiding citizens to carry firearms in self-defense outside the home respects their fundamental rights and de more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 30 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced that Moody's Investors Service lifted the State of Alaska's credit rating outlook to stable and reviewed and affirmed the State of Alaska's general obligation bond rating of Aaa3. The rating agency stated Alaska is expected to meet its funding obligations for the state operating budget using moderate and sustainable draws on the Permanent Fund's Earnings R more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 1 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on April 30, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed a proclamation today ending the State of Alaska COVID-19 Disaster Declaration. Governor Dunleavy took immediate action following the signing of House Bill 76, legislation that ensures the continuation of COVID-19 federal relief to impacted Alaskans and liability protections for Alaska businesses. "Today I took immediate action to end the COVID-19 disa more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 29 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on April 28, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today introduced legislation creating another approach that offers Alaskans the ability to purchase or lease state land for recreational cabin sites, advancing his priority to "put Alaska land into Alaska hands." "The ability to own land is a core American value, which this plan supports by helping fulfil so many Alaskans' dreams of owning a piece of the  more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, April 27 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on April 26, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today issued Administrative Order No. 321 stating that the State of Alaska will not require vaccine passports in order to travel to, or around, Alaska. "Alaska has led the nation with our COVID-19 response and vaccination rates, effectively protecting our most vulnerable citizens. With high vaccination rates, we are seeing our economy come back to life an more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 27 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: Missouri School of Journalism junior Danielle DuClos of Anchorage, Alaska, will work at ABC News Washington Bureau in Washington, D.C., this fall as the 28th David Kaplan Memorial Fellow. Along with a $10,000 stipend from the Kaplan Fellowship fund, DuClos, who is majoring in print and digital news with an emphasis in investigative reporting, will receive a full-time, p more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, April 30 (TNSPer) -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release on April 29, 2021: Following a national search, UVA Health today announced the appointment of John C. Bennett, MPA, as its new Chief Ambulatory Operations Officer, effective July 1. Bennett most recently served as Chief Executive of Ambulatory Services for PeaceHealth, a not-for-profit health care system with hospitals, medical clinics, and laboratories located in Alaska, Washington, more PR