Politics

Republican Josh Revak was sworn into his Senate position on Saturday.

Republican Rep. Don Young of Alaska has been all over social media this week after activists from the liberal group MoveOn posted a video of him headbutting their camera.

“It’s a bad deal, and I voted ‘no,’ and I’m saying I’m dead-right on it,” says Republican Rep. Don Young, Alaska’s lone member of the U.S. House.

The attorney general’s office plans to file an appeal of Lamoureux’s ruling on the initiative soon, according to a Department of Law spokesperson.

A lawyer for the Alaska Legislature says a proposal to allow the state Department of Law to represent the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general against ethics complaints may violate provisions of the Alaska Constitution and state law.

One tense moment came at the end of the forum, when House Speaker Bryce Edgmon asked Alaska Chamber members to “be more informed.”

Not long after being sworn in, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy disbanded the state’s climate change response team. But Jason Brune, Dunleavy’s top environmental regulator, says the administration isn’t ignoring the issue.

The Recall Dunleavy chair says the president should stay out of state politics.

The Alaska Legislature’s top budget analyst noted that the Legislature can steer money to different parts of the university.

Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney of Utah and Susan Collins of Maine were the only Republican senators not to sign on as co-sponsors.