ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 16 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2022: Attorney General Treg Taylor today announced that Alaska, along with 39 other attorneys general, has reached a $391.5 million multistate settlement with Google over its location tracking practices relating to Google Account settings. This is the largest multistate Attorney General privacy settlement in the history of the U.S. Alaska will receive 1.5 million dollars from the s  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 19 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: A coalition of 22 states, including Alaska, today, formally called on the Biden Administration to withdraw its vaccine mandate for healthcare workers and all related guidance. Even though the justification for the rushed mandate has disappeared, it remains in force. The coalition of attorneys general filed a petition under the Administrative Procedures Act requesting the U.S  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 14 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: Governor Mike Dunleavy named Heidi Hedberg as acting commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health today. Hedberg replaces outgoing Commissioner Adam Crum, who has been named the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Revenue earlier today. Ms. Hedberg has been with the state since 2009, serving in various capacities within the Division of Public Health, Department of Healt  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 14 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2022: Governor Mike Dunleavy announced today that Tyson Gallagher will serve as his Chief of Staff. "I have the utmost confidence in Mr. Gallagher's ability to manage the day to day operations of my administration, while simultaneously advancing the policy goals I have laid out for the next four years," said Governor Dunleavy. "He has served the state in a variety of roles and demons  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 14 (TNSper) -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Governor Mike Dunleavy has appointed Adam Crum to be the new commissioner of the Alaska Department of Revenue. Crum takes over the department after serving as commissioner at the Alaska Department of Health. "Commissioner Crum demonstrated to me, and all Alaskans, his management and leadership abilities over the past four years as health commissioner," said Governor Mike Dunleavy. "From prepari  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 17 (TNSeco) -- The University of Alaska-Southeast issued the following news release: The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) Auke Bay Integrated Science Building (ABISB) aims to create a new home for teaching and research associated with UAS' distinctive marine-oriented environmental and interdisciplinary science programs. Chancellor Karen Carey noted, "The new building will allow our faculty to be housed together and allow them to collaborate on their research and teachi  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: 2,599 miles. That's the distance between South Dakota State University and Hoonah, Alaska, where Carie Green, the Profilet and DeJong Family Endowed Director of Early Childhood Education and associate professor in the School of Education, Counseling and Human Development, has been traveling via car, commercial airlines, seaplanes and ferries to conduct field work for her National Science Found  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Nov. 19 -- The Washington State Department of Health issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Washington's Native and Strong Lifeline is now live -the first program of its kind in the nation dedicated to serving American Indian and Alaska Native people. Operated by Volunteers of America Western Washington (VOA), one of our state's three 988 crisis centers, this line is available for people who call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and is specifically for Washing  more