The 21 plaintiffs in the case, who filed their lawsuit in Oregon, allege that federal government promotion of fossil fuels and the lack of policies to reduce them violates their constitutional rights.
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The state of Alaska sued itself. Was it worth it?
An intrastate case raised grand legal questions about poor, rural Alaskans’ access to the justice system. Yet it was also an exercise in budgetary semantics with almost no practical effect — except for running up publicly funded legal bills.
State court employees furloughed Christmas Eve while others may be paid for the day off
Judicial branch administrators say it is part of a strategy to absorb $3.4 million in cuts.
Court employees assigned two days unpaid leave
About 800 Alaska Court System employees will be forced to take two days unpaid leave around the holidays.