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Recall Campaign Against Alaska Governor Can Proceed, Rules State Supreme Court
On 7/17/21 at 9:58 PM EDT
The recall campaign to oust Alaska s Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy is legal and can proceed, said the state s highest court on Friday.
The Alaska Supreme Court upheld all four grounds presented by the Recall Dunleavy campaign, ruling that it will be up to voters to decide whether the governor s detractors have made a viable case to remove him from office. The people asked to sign petitions must decide whether the allegations are serious enough to warrant a recall election; each voter in the voting booth must decide whether the allegations are serious enough to warrant removal from office, the opinion said.
Biden administration to restore protections for U.S. largest national forest By Alexandra Larkin
July 15, 2021 / 8:03 PM / CBS News
The Biden administration moved Thursday to reverse a Trump-imposed policy that opened major areas of the U.S. largest national forest, the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, to logging and road development. The U.S. Department of Agriculture also said it intends to end large-scale old growth timber sales in the area.
The forest was originally protected by the 2001 Roadless Rule, which bans logging and road development in certain parts of the country. But in his final months in office, Trump exempted the forest from the rule.
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Alaska State Senator Lora Reinbold has refused to wear a face mask in the US Capitol, instead donning a clear shield over her mouth.
Last week, a police officer responded to an Alaska Airlines terminal in Juneau as US State Senator Lora Reinbold clashed with staffers over mask rules. It was a familiar battle for the Republican lawmaker, a vaccine sceptic who has blasted flight attendants as mask bullies and accused the airline of mask tyranny”. Now, she isn t welcome on their flights at all. Alaska Airlines this weekend banned Reinbold for her continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy, the airline said in a statement to