The Alaska Legislative Council voted to approve litigation against the administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy over an executive order he issued to establish an agriculture department.
Alaska's senators joined fellow Senate Republicans in voting to set aside a budget amendment that would have compelled the U.S. Department of Justice to release files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (via Alaska Beacon)
The writer, editor and founder of a conservative political website influential in Alaska’s Republican circles resigned earlier this week, saying her departure was spurred by a dispute with the website’s owner over a story about the state’s former attorney general.
The state Office of Children’s Services is defending its practices in a federal court case. A national organization brought the class-action lawsuit hoping to force court-mandated reforms to a system it says is failing Alaska kids. (via Alaska Public Media)
State Sen. Mike Shower, a commercial pilot and retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, was appointed to the state Senate in 2018 to fill the seat vacated by Dunleavy when he resigned to run for governor.
