The Alaska Division of Public Assistance is continuing to lag in processing food assistance requests on time, new data reveals, amid a federal shutdown and other factors that complicated the application review process in recent weeks.
According to the Guard, five of its members will help federal officials with clerical duties including managing vehicle maintenance, customer service and “front-door support," inventory control, moving office equipment and assembling furniture.
The legislation marks the culmination of a relentless, yearslong campaign by Sandy Snodgrass to pass Bruce’s Law, which aims to increase education on the dangers of the highly potent opioid.
Alaska’s congressional delegation succeeded in stripping Biden-era protections from the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, moving to expand opportunities for drilling there.
The Anchorage Assembly voted in support of a new ordinance that allows the municipality to fine property owners who impede access to adjacent public land for their own “private benefit.”
While Borough Manager Mike Brown said he has no plans to introduce additional taxes or alternative revenue measures, a proposed sweeping tax update could be coming from a newly elected Assembly member. (via Mat-Su Sentinel)
