A shareholder resolution to require more in-depth reporting of results failed, as did a second resolution that would have restricted the practice of allowing the board majority to steer proxy votes toward favored candidates that critics say perpetuates the status quo.
Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska
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Alaska’s budget impasse won’t interrupt ferry service, DOT says
DOT Commissioner John MacKinnon wrote in an email to agency employees that confirmed that sailings would continue regardless of what happens inside the Capitol in Juneau.
Free to good home: Gov. Mike Dunleavy offers Alaska ferry to the Philippines
The Malaspina was built in 1963 and has had several overhauls over the decades. Its last sailing was in late 2019 when the state put the ship in layup rather than invest at least $16 million in needed steelwork.
Alaska recruits former California official as top forester
Eng replaces outgoing state forester Chris Maisch, who served for 21 years before retiring in February.
Some shareholders wary as Sealaska proposes trust to handle future payouts
Sealaska says it wants to take advantage of the 2017 tax overhaul passed by Congress that allows corporations to offer tax-free payments to shareholders.
Alaska, B.C. regulators discuss concerns over transboundary mining
Officials from both Alaska and Canada presented findings from a joint water monitoring study on three transboundary rivers.
Judge hands down split decision in Native corporation free speech case
The state’s Division of Banking & Securities cited Ray Austin last year and ordered him to pay $1,000 for dozens of Facebook posts that criticized sitting Goldbelt directors.
Legislature sends Alaska ferry reform bill to governor
The bill, written by Kodiak Republican House Speaker Louise Stutes, unanimously passed both the House and Senate.
Sealaska shareholders consider election reforms
At Sealaska Corporation’s upcoming annual meeting, five seats are in play on its 13-member board, and candidates are seeking support from the more than 22,000 people holding shares. But one of the biggest contests will be how elections will be carried out in the future.
Guardian Flight settles over deadly 2019 medevac crash
Dylan Listberger of Juneau sued Guardian Flight over the death of his 30-year-old fiancée Stacie Rae Morse, a flight nurse who was 27 weeks pregnant at the time, according to the lawsuit filed earlier this year.