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The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the United States, has three branches of government: the executive, consisting of the Governor of Alaska and the state agencies; the state legislature consisting of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate; and the judiciary consisting of the Supreme court and lower courts.
Alaska had a standing request to change the name since 1975, when the legislature passed a resolution and then-Gov. Jay Hammond appealed to the federal government.
The minimum wage in Alaska at the time of the election was $11.73 an hour, an inflation-adjusted amount of the $9.75 an hour minimum wage enacted after the passage of the 2014 Ballot Measure 3. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
The state of Alaska sued President Joe Biden's administration on Friday seeking to block its decision to reverse a policy begun under his predecessor Donald Trump that had opened vast swaths of ...
Federal presidential vote in Alaska, 1960-2020. Although in its early years of statehood, Alaska was a Democratic state, since the early 1970s it has been characterized as Republican-leaning. [1] Local political communities have often worked on issues related to land use development, fishing, tourism, and individual rights.
The federal government ultimately anointed the towering peak in the Alaska Range "Mt. McKinley" in 1917, honoring the president who held office from 1897 to his assassination in 1901. The park ...
Nick Begich, the Alaska Republican challenging Rep. Mary Peltola (D) in a critical House race, compared Social Security to a “Ponzi scheme” in an appearance on a conservative talk radio show ...
Ongoing: COVID-19 pandemic in Alaska; November 8: 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election [1] 2022 Alaska Senate election [2] December 9 – The Ironman Triathlon cancels the 2023 and 2024 triathlons to be held in Juneau, citing economic concerns. [3]