Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and a bipartisan group of senators are pushing legislation that would allow legal marijuana businesses to use banks to store profits.
Economy
New poll shows Juneau leaning pro-road
A new poll shows 54 percent of Juneauites say they support “the road” in the form of Juneau Access Project. The survey conducted by the McDowell Group asked 402 people transportation questions and was jointly funded by the City and Borough of Juneau and a pro-development group.
Don Young gets riled up contrasting Jewell and Zinke in committee
“It’s such a pleasure to hear them squeal and squall on the other side, after they stick it to us all those years with Sally Jewell,” Congressman Young said of Democrats on the House Resources Committee.
Fisheries board nominee’s dividend fraud indictment thrown out, again
It’s not clear yet if prosecutors will, for a third time, seek a new indictment from the grand jury on the felony charges. Or it could proceed to trial on the misdemeanor charges.
Senators propose spending limit to curb future sprees
The amount allowed under the constitutional limit has grown so much that the state is nowhere near it.
Iñupiat leadership organizations contemplate a “unified voice”
“I definitely think it’s possible to have a unified voice but it’s never going to be truly unified unless all entities that were invited to the table take advantage of it,” Utqiaġvik Mayor Fannie Suvlu said.