Thursday - May 22, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday May 04, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Class Action Suit Filed Against Alaska DOC After Decades of Inadequate Health Care for Incarcerated Alaskans
NEW YORK, May 1 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Class Action Suit Filed Against Alaska DOC After Decades of Inadequate Health Care for Incarcerated Alaskans ANCHORAGE - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska, with the ACLU National Prison Project, filed a class action lawsui  more

Five Planned Parenthood Affiliates Sue Trump Administration Over Attacks on Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release on May 1, 2025: * * * Five Planned Parenthood Affiliates Sue Trump Administration Over Attacks on Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, five Planned Parenthood affiliates -- Planned Parenthood Greater New York (PPGNY), Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky (PPGNHAIK), Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPH), Planned Parenthood California   more

How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is Helping Alaska
WASHINGTON, May 2 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is Helping Alaska Below is a list of good news arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by President Trump and congressional Republicans in 2017, and which now must be made permanent across the board. The average annual TCJA tax cut for Alaska households is $1,516. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL IRS DATA, THE TRUMP TAX CUTS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING: 17% tax  more

NDN FUND CONTINUES SUPPORT OF LANDBACK EFFORTS IN COPPER RIVER DELTA, ALASKA
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, May 1 -- NDN Collective, an indigenous-led organization dedicated to building indigenous power, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * NDN FUND CONTINUES SUPPORT OF LANDBACK EFFORTS IN COPPER RIVER DELTA, ALASKA RAPID CITY, SD - Today, NDN Fund announced the closing of a loan with Native Conservancy from the Copper River Delta in Alaska. NDN Fund is the impact investing arm of NDN Collective that provides loans and investment to Indigenous-owned a  more