The Alaska Senate Labor and Commerce Committee heard testimony on a proposed bill that could centralize all transmission lines and assets on the Railbelt under a single state agency on
At 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, I and several other moms and grandmas went to the Alaska Senate Labor and Commerce Committee, chaired by Sen. Jesse Bjorkman. We got there early to sign up to testify against Senate Bill 173, which would arm teachers and staff in Alaska schools.
Johanna Jainchill
A case is being made to revisit the 135-year-old shipping law that could be the stranglehold on Alaska cruising this summer not by citizens of the 49th state, but of the 50th.
When it comes to cruising, Hawaii and Alaska appear to have very little in common. More than half of Alaska s tourist arrive via cruise ship every year, while they accounted for only 1% of all Hawaii visitor arrivals in 2018, according to the nonprofit Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.
That organization, a member of the State Policy Network, an umbrella organization for a consortium of conservative and libertarian think tanks, is joining forces with organizations in Alaska to call for reform or repeal of the 1886 U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA).
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