ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 16 -- Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued the following news release: Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson entered into a stipulation with the legislature to ensure education funds will be disbursed while a lawsuit over the 2018 forward appropriation of fiscal year 2020 appropriation funding proceeds. The stipulation was filed today with the court. "We have a clear constitutional disagreement between the executive and legislative branches," said Attorney Gene more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 18 -- Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued the following news release: Attorney General Kevin Clarkson today issued the following statement after the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska filed a lawsuit against Governor Dunleavy and the State of Alaska over Governor Dunleavy's recent veto that reduced funding to the court system: "Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the Executive is the separate and coequal branch of government that is expressly  more PR

BETHEL, Alaska, July 18 -- Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued the following news release: Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters yesterday handed down a 17-year sentence to Michael Redfox of Emmonak after a Bethel jury found him guilty of beating and strangling his girlfriend in March of 2018. The guilty verdicts came after a lengthy trial in March 2019 during which Redfox acted as his own attorney and cross-examined the victim for nearly eight hours. Evidence presented at  more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 17 -- Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson issued the following news release: Attorney General Kevin Clarkson today issued the following statement after Superior Court Judge Daniel Shally signed an order submitted jointly by attorneys from the Department of Law and the Legislature releasing education funding for Fiscal Year 2020: "We recognize the importance of the constitutional question presented to the court on this matter, but also want to ensure that Alaska's  more PR

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 17 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy today announced an amended call of the second legislative special session, adding the capital budget and amending the location from Wasilla to Juneau. "In my daily discussions with legislators - those both in Wasilla and in Juneau - many have acknowledged that real progress needs to be made on the capital budget and that work cannot be completed until the legislatu more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 19 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Today Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy signed into law House Bill 14, legislation to close the final gap in the 'Schneider Loophole' that allowed for a heinous act of violence to be met with little consequence. HB 14, sponsored by Representative John Lincoln of Kotzebue, classifies the act of ejaculating on a person without their consent as a sex crime, and recognizes the serious nature of strangulati more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 18 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Michael J. Dunleavy today welcomed US Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to Alaska. Governor Dunleavy and Secretary Wilkie held a productive meeting in Palmer, discussing ways the VA can expand and improve the services they offer to veterans across Alaska, as well as how the federal and state Veterans Affairs agencies can partner together to best serve Alaska's veterans in th more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 18 -- The Alaska Department of Natural Resources issued the following public notice (Docket No. 28628): Subject to AS 38.05.850, the Southcentral Regional Land Office has received an amendment application for the following: APPLICANT: PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AQUACULTURE CORPORATION PROJECT NAME: LAS 28628 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Located in Southcentral Alaska along Dog Creek near Pup Lake, between Crosswinds Lake and Dog Lake. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section more PR

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, July 16 -- The Cherokee Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: Cherokees living in four Arkansas counties now qualify to use the Section 184 Home Loan Guarantee Program after the Cherokee Nation's request to expand the program received federal approval. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development notified Principal Chief Bill John Baker's office that the home mortgage program designed for American Indian and Alaska more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 19 -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry deployed a 20-person multiagency team to Alaska last week for a wildfire suppression assignment at the 45,000-acre Bergman Creek Fire in the north central part of the state. The crew will be fighting lightning-caused wildfires and providing structure protection for nearby cabins and villages. "Our state's team of firefighters and su more PR