The Alaska Legislature rejects eight executive actions proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, allowing state boards regulating midwives, barbers, and massage therapists to continue operating. The Alaska Board of Game will remain in charge of determining allowed animal species in the state. Boards advising a bald eagle preserve and a state park will also continue functioning. Four executive orders were sustained, permitting the elimination of four state boards.
In an unprecedented joint session of the state House and Senate on Tuesday, the Alaska Legislature rejected eight executive actions proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.earlier this year and mean state boards regulating midwives, barbers and massage therapists will continue operating. The Alaska Board of Game will remain in charge of determining what animal species are allowed in the state.
Boards advising a bald eagle preserve near Haines and a state park in Southwest Alaska will continue functioning. Lawmakers sustained four of the governor’s executive orders, which will permit Dunleavy to eliminate four state boards and transfer their duties to state agencies.“This is an unusual meeting. We have never done this in the history of the state of Alaska,” said Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, after the final vot
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