Alaska

March 12, 2007, Juneau, Alaska - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today thanked legislators for their efforts in passing Senate Bill 72. SB 72, pertaining to municipal revenue sharing, sets up a structure for distributing $60 million each year to local governments for the next three years.    » read more »

March 3, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin released the following statement with regard to Jim Clark, the chief of staff to Republican former Governor Frank Murkowski.

“This is an indication that the federal corruption probe is very far reaching. It unfortunately proves what many had speculated was true. This reinforces our commitment to ensure that we serve Alaskans in a manner that's expected of state leaders.”

Source: Alaska Governor

March 3, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Yukon Territory Premier Dennis Fentie last Friday renewed the Alaska-Yukon Intergovernmental Accord.

“This accord provides a framework for the governments of Alaska and Yukon to continue working cooperatively on tourism, transportation and trade and commerce initiatives,” Governor Palin said. “We have also included climate change, wildlife management, economic development and infrastructure in the accord as additional key areas of opportunity.”    » read more »

March 1, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today honored the late musher Susan Butcher during a ceremonial bill signing just prior to the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage. House Bill 37, sponsored by Representative David Guttenberg, establishes the first Saturday of March as Susan Butcher Day.

“No one exemplifies the spirit of Iditarod more than Susan Butcher,” Governor Palin said. “She was a great role model for so many Alaskans, including me. I greatly admire her perseverance, dedication and competitiveness.”    » read more »

February 13, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today signed House Bill 317 into law. HB 317 eliminates the limit on compassionate gifts that a legislator or legislative employee may solicit, accept, or receive under the Legislative Ethics Act.

The bill was drafted in an effort to assist Representative Richard Foster, to whom a legislative aide has offered to donate one of her kidneys. Compassionate gifts will still be reported to the Alaska Public Offices Commission to protect the public’s ability to know how elected officials are compensated.    » read more »

February 11, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Palin’s gasline team has scheduled a series of 16 public town hall meetings around the state February 18-28 to update Alaskans on the efforts that are being taken to advance a gasline under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA). The meetings are to provide information and encourage Alaskans to make their voices heard by submitting written comments before the March 6 public comment deadline.    » read more »

Bill allows parents to surrender newborns without prosecution

February 11, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin signed House Bill 29 into law today. The “Safe Haven for Infants Act” passed the State House in May and passed the Senate on January 19. The bill allows a parent to safely surrender a newborn child without the threat of prosecution, as long as there is no evidence the infant has been physically injured.    » read more »

February 8, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced the State of Alaska will join the multi-state amicus brief authored by the State of Texas in support of the Second Amendment right of individual Americans to bear arms.

On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg notified Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott that Alaska would sign on to the brief. The Texas amicus brief in the case Washington, D.C. v. Heller will be filed by February 11, 2008.    » read more »

02/06/2008 -- WASHINGTON DC – Senator John Kerry made the following statement today, as the Federal Government began accepting bids for petroleum lease sale 193, which covers 30 million acres of the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. Kerry has introduced legislation and repeatedly recommended that the lease sale be delayed until the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announces its final decision regarding the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species.    » read more »

February 6, 2008, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin congratulated the federal Minerals Management Service on the successful lease sale where oil companies bid a record $2.66 billion today for oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea off Northwest Alaska. According to the U.S. Department of Interior, this represents the largest Outer Continental Shelf lease sale in the history of Alaska.    » read more »

February 5, 2008, Juneau, Alaska - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today announced the Habitat Division will be returning to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

The decision to return habitat permitting functions to the Department of Fish and Game acknowledges that the responsibilities of Habitat Division are better aligned with the overall mission and structure of the Department of Fish and Game.    » read more »

February 4, 2008 -- ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—Former Alaska State Representative Dick Randolph has endorsed ten-term Texas Congressman Ron Paul for President of the United States:    » read more »

February 3, 2008 -- ANCHORAGE, ALASKA— Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the only Republican White House contender with an active state campaign and offices in Alaska, enjoys the greatest support from active and former military personnel of all presidential candidates, according to newly-released FEC reports.

The news is particularly significant for Alaska, which is home to four active military bases. Ron Paul is the highest-polling Republican presidential candidate in the state.    » read more »

Alaska Natives and Conservation Groups Challenge Lease Sale

Juneau, AK (January 31, 2008) - Alaska Natives and conservation groups joined forces today to fight oil drilling in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea. Thirty million acres of key polar bear, walrus, and whale habitat in the Chukchi Sea are scheduled to open to oil and gas companies on February 6, when the U.S. Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) plans to hold bidding for drilling leases.    » read more »

January 31, 2008 -- OLYMPIA – Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna announced today that, as a result of outreach by Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler and himself, 32 other states have joined Washington and Maryland in signing an amicus brief in a significant case involving the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The brief, authored by General Gansler’s office, was filed this week in U.S.    » read more »