Palin signs ‘Silver Hand’ bill
April 11, 2008
Cordova Times:
Gov. Sarah Palin signed Senate Bill 97, designed to protect the livelihood of Native artisans, on April 11 before a group of students attending the Alaska Association of Student Governments Conference in Juneau. Read more
Board of Game asks for more protection of Tangle Lakes region
April 6, 2008
The Alaska Board of Game is asking Gov. Sarah Palin to strengthen wildlife protection measures in the Tangle Lakes region west of Paxson. Read more
Lt. Gov Parnell to take run at Young
March 15, 2008
Sean Parnell announced at the republican convention that he will be running against Don Young for Congress this election season and I say yay!
ADN:
“In an Alaska political shocker, Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell announced Friday before a crowd at the Republican Party convention that he is challenging embattled U.S. Rep. Don Young in the August Republican primary. “I just think it’s about restoring trust to government,” Parnell said. Young, attending the convention, had a quick response: Bring it on. Young, who has won 18 times as Alaska’s lone congressman, says his seniority is what counts. “A 35-year head start,” Parnell called it.
Parnell immediately got the backing of Gov. Sarah Palin, whose husband, parents and siblings were part of a cheering group gathered outside of the state Division of Elections for Parnell’s news conference on entering the race.”
Alaska Native appointed to Board of Game
February 9, 2008
Gov. Palin made her new appointment to the Board of Game - Craig Fleener of Fort Yukon is to replace Teresa Sager-Albaugh, the former president of the Alaska Outdoor Council, Alaska’s largest outdoor sportsmen’s organization. Read more
Pebble Mine questions state Habitat Division move
February 7, 2008
Juneau Empire:
The Pebble Mine’s would-be developers are concerned about the state Habitat Division’s current home in the Department of Natural Resources, according to a letter they wrote to Gov. Sarah Palin. “There is a perception that Gov. (Frank) Murkowski weakened state regulatory oversight when he moved the Habitat Division out of the Department of Fish and Game and into the Department of Natural Resources,” wrote Bruce Jenkins, interim general manager of Pebble Mines Corp., which wants to open a multi-metal mine in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska. Murkowski’s administration moved the Habitat Division to promote development of natural resources. In her election campaign, Palin criticized the move, but she has not restored the division to Fish and Game. House Bill 41, proposed last year and now being considered by the Alaska Legislature, would return the Habitat Division to its former home.
Read the rest here: Juneau Empire
