With less than three weeks remaining in the legislative session, it’s looking unlikely lawmakers will pass a bill to re-establish the Alaska Coastal Management Program.
State Government
Young conservationists learn about legislative process
Twenty young activists from around the state gathered in Juneau this week for the 12th annual Civics and Conservation Summit, sponsored by Alaska Youth for Environmental Action. The week-long conference teaches teens about the legislative process and how to talk to lawmakers about their issues.
Angoon fishery petition before subsistence board
Kootznoowoo Incorporated says state-managed commercial fishing is hurting subsistence harvests near Angoon.
Sentences handed down in federal drug cases
Ryan Burnett and Jessica Cooper sentenced in separate cases.
Women legislators honored
Fourteen of Alaska’s 60 legislators are women – ten in the state House and four in the Senate. From the first territorial legislature in 1913 to the 27th state legislature, only 13 percent of lawmakers have been women, or 87, compared to 685 men over the years.
Legislative Analysis Day 60
Whither proposed oil tax changes?