Rachel SaylorThe Gov’s Peeps are United? The Legislature and the Governor are still at a crossroads and right now no one is backing down. The Governor has acknowledged that there likely needs to be added revenue to shore up the current gap between state spending and current income, but absolutely refuses to offer solutions (with the exception of a lottery which …
Time to Collect More Signatures An Alaskan Superior Court Judge has ruled that the Recall Dunleavy campaign can start the second signature gathering phase. The effort has led to a court challenge after the Division of Elections decided that the group did not have a meritorious reason to try and kick the Gov out. Judge Aarseth disagreed with the state …
ASRC leaves AFN and other corps to follow suit Well… I’m just gonna leave this here. House Impeaches Last night, on December 19, 2019, President Donald Trump became the third president to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. On the first article of impeachment, the House voted 230-197 to charge Trump with abuse of power. The House voted …
Medical Assistance Work Requirement House: HB13 (link to State Bill page) Sponsor(s): REPRESENTATIVES KOPP, Jackson, Rasmussen Senate: SB7 (link to State Bill page) Sponsor(s): SENATOR MICCICHE TCC’s Stance: Support Bill Status: HB13 – (H) HSS SB7 – (S) Fin Bill Resources: Letter to Representative Letter to Senator TO ESTABLISH A WORK REQUIREMENT FOR ADULTS ELIGIBLE FOR STATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WHO …
October 13th, 2020 The TCC 2020 Annual Convention and Full Board of Directors meeting, which was supposed to take place in March, was postponed to ensure the health and safety of our tribal members and employees during the pandemic. Several important elections were supposed to take place during this year’s convention including the TCC Chief/Chairman position as well as two …
Although Sheena Tanner resides in Missouri, she is very much rooted in Alaska. As an itinerant health aide for Tanana Chiefs Conference, Tanner works in any of the 42 villages in the TCC region where she is needed but often works in Circle. Tanner grew up in Arctic Village and left to be with her husband Michael in military service. …