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State Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday August 25, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Alaska A.G. Taylor: State Appeals Lands Into Trust Decision
JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 24 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: (Anchorage, AK) - Today the State appealed U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason's decision upholding a federal agency's authority to take lands into trust in Alaska. "ANCSA eliminated the reservation system in Alaska and left no authority for the federal agency to recreate that system on its own more than 50 years later," Alaska Attorney General Taylor said. "The State is n  more

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: The Case Against Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following statement on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * "Mary Peltola puts Alaskans first every single day, working with Republicans and Democrats alike to deliver for her constituents and protect their way of life. From leading critical efforts to create good-paying jobs, to cracking down on foreign and industrial trawlers, to fighting relentlessly to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger, Mary knows how to get things done for  more

Hawaii Gov. Green Statement on Hawaiian-Alaska Airlines Merger
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 20 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following statement on Aug. 19, 2024: * * * Today, the proposed merger of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines cleared an important milestone. The regulatory review period for the U.S. Department of Justice has ended. The proposed merger remains subject to the receipt of the U.S. Department of Transportation's approval of an interim exemption application. "Over the past several months, my administration and I have worked with  more

Humpback Whales Wield Tools to Ensure Their Survival
MANOA, Hawaii, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: Discovering a behavior key to humpback whales' survival and offering a case to include humpbacks among the rare animals that make and wield their own tools is the focus of new research out of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology researchers have known that humpback whales create "bubble nets" to hunt, but they discovered that they manipulate the bubble net  more

Summer Vacation Snapshots 2024
SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Laura Kolton from Government Relations and her two sons, including one who is a first-year student, visited the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. University community members enjoyed the summer months everywhere from around the world to across town. Take a look at the fun they had over the summer. While attending the NASPA conference in Anaheim, California, Mia Funderburg from the College of Engineering and  more