Phillip Weidner allegedly owes more than $2 million in back taxes, and the federal government wants to foreclose on a dozen of his properties to pay the debts, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
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House version of Biden’s $1.75 trillion bill would cancel drilling leases in Arctic Refuge
If the repeal goes through, the leases would be canceled immediately with payments returned to the companies that won the leases.
In Hawaii, hopes that tourism will bounce back after travel restrictions lift on Nov. 1
The lifting of restrictions means more tourist dollars could soon be flowing into Hawaii’s economy again, but there’s still a lot of uncertainty and a lot of damage that’s already been done.
Can Indigenous subsistence rights still be protected in Alaska?
Subsistence, a practice which past generations participated in without question, has become a complex legal puzzle — “a very unsettled and unsettling [legal landscape] for Alaska Native people,” according to one lawyer who has spent decades working on subsistence cases.
Kenai Peninsula teachers allege censorship of books with LGBTQ themes
Teachers’ association president Nathan Erfurth said the school district’s actions violated the due process for reviewing instructional materials.
Earmarks are back, and Murkowski is using them to steer money home
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has issued a $230 million wish list of dozens of Alaska projects she’s hoping Congress will pass with the next batch of appropriations bills.