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Print article JUNEAU Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed establishing a new board to help devise plans for the Alaska ferry system, with a goal of providing greater stability and reliability for the system. Dunleavy’s bill would repeal an existing advisory board and establish a new Alaska Marine Highway Systems Operation and Planning Board. The new board would be expected to work on short- and long-range system plans that would be submitted to lawmakers. Reports also would be made to the governor. Dunleavy, a Republican who has used veto powers to cut system spending, said addressing long-term operations and finances are important amid restructuring efforts. ....
Print article At least 15 people listed a banquet attended by Alaska’s governor and multiple state legislators last month as a possible source of their COVID-19 infection, a state health department spokesman said. The Alaska Outdoor Council banquet on Feb. 20 in Palmer was attended by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and state Rep. Mike Cronk, R-Tok. Both tested positive for COVID-19 days later, on Feb. 24, though it’s not clear whether either of them became infected at the event. At least five other state legislators and Anchorage mayoral candidate Bill Evans were also in attendance. “As commonly occurs with COVID-19 outbreaks linked to a single venue, when it became known that multiple people who attended the banquet had tested positive, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services personnel alerted Alaska Outdoor Council leadership,” Clinton Bennett, a spokesman for the state health department, wrote in an email Saturday. ....