While Walker’s administration has the authority to issue the bonds, the legislature would have to appropriate money to pay them off.
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More than a decade later, one man’s discrimination case is still in limbo
In 1997, a Chugiak man filed a discrimination complaint against the airport. The investigation into the complaint took five years. Unhappy with its findings, he asked the state ombudsman’s office to take a second look. More than a decade later, he’s still waiting for an answer.
Local attorney Kirsten Swanson appointed Juneau District Court judge
She says she’s a big supporter of the therapeutic and mental health courts, which offer treatment-based alternatives to incarceration.
Absentee and early voting opens for general election
Some people are already lining up to cast their votes.
Central Council, state working to expand tribal court jurisdiction
Southeast’s largest tribal organization will soon be able to offer an alternative to the court system for some criminal cases.
Skagway marijuana shop is first to get state license to open
The first marijuana shop in the state has its license to open and it’s in Skagway. The Remedy Shoppe must now wait for the state to give the green light to marijuana testing facilities before its shelves are stocked.
Anti-incumbent mood could threaten Republican-led House majority
The legislature that voters send to Juneau in January will be very different than the one that left in July.
Wielechowski, Kastner fight for votes in East Anchorage
Wielechowski has been in the news this year for filing a lawsuit to keep Permanent Fund dividends whole.
Anchorage Senate race pits labor leader against staunch industry supporter
The Anchorage race between Republican Cathy Giessel and independent Vince Beltrami could help determine the balance of power in the state Senate, and how Alaska takes on its fiscal crisis.
Police raid Bethel’s ASHA housing neighborhood
Law enforcement lead several people away in handcuffs Thursday afternoon in what appeared to be a raid in the Alaska State Housing Authority, or ASHA housing neighborhood, in Bethel.