On the advice of the state’s attorney general, Alaska’s civil rights agency quietly deleted language promising equal protections for LGBTQ Alaskans against most categories of discrimination, and it began refusing to investigate complaints.
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Former Deputy Attorney General Treg Taylor was named as Alaska’s next attorney general on January 29. Taylor succeeded Clyde “Ed” Sniffen, who removed his name from consideration after being appointed to the position just two weeks prior.
Taylor spent the past two years as deputy attorney general in charge of the Civil Division for Alaska’s Department of Law. He previously worked as senior corporate counsel for the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and as an attorney at McKinley Capital Management. Taylor also served as a commissioner for Anchorage Municipal Light and Power.