Wed, 04/28/2021 - 8:48am
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during an April 9 press briefing to announce a package of relief for tourism businesses impacted by the 2020 and 2021 disruptions to the summer season brought on by COVID-19 mitigation measures. On April 20 he announced the state would seek to join a lawsuit by the State of Florida against the Centers for Disease Control to lift the current no-sail order on cruise ships. (Photo/Kevin Goodman/Office of the Governor)
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is trying to salvage Alaska’s fast-approaching summer tourism season through a Florida court.
The governor’s office announced April 20 that the Dunleavy administration would attempt to intervene in the State of Florida’s lawsuit against the Centers for Disease control to lift the federal agency’s Conditional Sailing Order that currently prohibits large cruise ships from sailing in domestic waters.