JUNEAU, Alaska, May 26 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Attorney General Treg Taylor is joining a coalition of 47 Attorneys General in urging congressional leaders to support the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. The act, H.R. 1215, is bipartisan legislation that will provide innovative ways to combat the financial exploitation of senior citizens. Attorney General Taylor said, "Stopping scams that target our seniors is an important national issue. Congre more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 28 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the State of Alaska, several southeast Alaska communities, and Norwegian Cruise Line signed the first Local Multi-Port Agreement, accomplishing a large component of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Conditional Sailing Order. The collaborative effort included Alaskans at local, state, and federal delegation levels in partn more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 28 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on MAY 27, 2021: Governor Dunleavy sent a letter to President Biden today demanding that the U.S. Departments of Interior, Defense, and Agriculture complete the legally required cleanup of over a thousand contaminated sites on State of Alaska and Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) lands. The contamination was already present at the time the lands were conveyed to the State and the Alaska Native Co more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 29 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the daily value of the Alaska Permanent Fund reached an all-time record high of $80.1 billion. "The Permanent Fund has done an exceptional job and we are seeing the highest returns ever in a single year. Following a year of hardship due to the pandemic, the Permanent Fund will undoubtedly be a key financial resource for the state and Alaskan f more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 27 (TNSPer) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: University of New Orleans sociology professor and department chair D'Lane Compton has been named to the U.S. Census Bureau's National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations. The committee advises the Census Bureau on topics such as hard-to-count populations, race and ethnicity, language, aging populations, American Indian and Alaska Native tribal considerations, new  more PR