A joint session of both houses voted 31-27 to confirm Hopkins to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation board.
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Conference committee votes to cut University of Alaska by $50 million
The conference committee voted five to one to adopt the House version of the university budget, which cuts $35 million more than the $15 million cut proposed by Governor Bill Walker.
Power Cost Equalization Fund could pay for community assistance
The concept arose from a concern over Senate Bill 210, which would reduce the amount that municipalities receive in revenue sharing.
Senate passes criminal justice overhaul 16-2, sends it to House
The bill would divert nonviolent offenders from prison toward alternative programs. It shifts the focus of bail from people’s ability to pay to the risk they present.
Senate passes concealed carry bill, 13-5
Bill sponsor Fairbanks Republican Sen. Pete Kelly says students would be safer if there were more guns on campus.
Rep. Young calls for state support of Sturgeon appeal
Young also said that while he’s running for re-election, when the time comes for a successor, Alaskans should choose someone who’s young.
Mountaineers see bad luck behind UAF class avalanche incident
The avalanche incident has raised questions about the university taking students into the mountains.
After explosion, Healy power plant reopening is months away
“At what point do you stop sinking good money after bad?” asked Brian Litmans an attorney with Trustees for Alaska.
Troopers dial back command post at Arctic Man event
Arctic Man is a race in which a downhill skier glides down a mountain, grabs a towline behind a snowmobile, gets pulled up a second peak and skis down to the finish line.
Canadian company seeks to ship oil sands crude through trans-Alaska pipeline
The $35 million project got new life when the Alberta government funded a preliminary study for almost $2 million.