The state will have to put up more than $100 million in matching funds and then support the new ferries and facilities.
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Signature drive begins for ballot measure to end ranked choice voting in Alaska
The group will have a year to collect nearly 27,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot in 2024.
Juneau organization will expand amid youth mental health crisis
JAMHI Health & Wellness will have a new facility thanks to $870,000 that Sen. Lisa Murkowski earmarked for the project in the federal omnibus spending bill.
Federal spending bill directs $16 million to Juneau projects
The funding items include ongoing analysis of a second bridge to Douglas and a new youth services center.
Rebecca Trimble’s private legislation is now a private law
Trimble’s journey to legal immigration has been unfolding for more than a decade. And even with the help of an immigration attorney, her unique situation took an act of Congress to resolve.
‘Arctic pay’ among the perks Congress is sending to improve military assignments in Alaska
The change could add a few hundred dollars a month to a service member’s paycheck.
Murkowski: ‘Never, ever, ever’ should we see another Jan. 6
Tucked into the last bill Congress passed for the year — the bill to fund government — was an unrelated provision aimed at saving democracy.
Mount Young: Aleutian volcano renamed for explosive Alaska congressman
The mountain is west of Adak and comprises three volcanic cones.
Juneau will keep planning for icebreaker, despite removal from federal spending bill
“This decision could further set back our nation’s ability to provide persistent presence in the Arctic for years,” Sen. Dan Sullivan said in a statement.
Fishery disaster aid and nearly $500 million worth of Alaska projects included in omnibus budget bill
The $300 million in aid follows disaster declarations by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for Alaska salmon and crab fishery failures dating back to 2020.