JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A U.S. judge on Friday sided with two psychiatrists who said they were wrongfully fired when Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy took office. Anthony Blanford and John Bellville, who worked at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, declined to submit resignation letters requested shortly after Dunleavy’s 2018 election by the chair of his transition […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A U.S. judge on Friday sided with two psychiatrists who said they were wrongfully fired when Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy took office.
A handful of former state employees are fighting Gov. Mike Dunleavyâs administration saying they lost their jobs because they refused to relinquish their free speech rights to an intolerant leader. The state has agreed to pay an $85,000 settlement to one of them.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska announced this week that Keren Lowell, who was barred from her job at the Alaska State Council on the Arts after speaking out publicly in opposition to Dunleavyâs policies, will receive $85,000 for lost wages and other damages pending legislative approval.
Under the Apr. 8 agreement, signed by Solicitor General Janell Hafner, the state admits to no wrongdoing.