JUNEAU - Three former state labor commissioners are behind an effort aimed at raising Alaska's minimum wage.Ed Flanagan, Tom Cashen and Jim Sampson are behind a proposed...
David G. Stone, late Alaska deputy labor commissioner and former member of the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly, was remembered as a family man, mining advocate, historian, leader...
...can work with Democrats but have balked at joining a Democratic-led coalition.Click Bishop, a former state labor commissioner who emerged from a three-way GOP primary for an open Senate seat, has taken a more moderate view."I'm an...
Alaska's new labor commissioner, who state officials say attended the University of Alaska Southeast, now appears to not have finished high school.Dianne Blumer...
...to visit major metro areas like New York City and Washington, D.C., to find higher costs of living," said Labor Commissioner Dianne Blumer, a former Juneau resident, who introduced the study in the department's monthly Labor Trends magazine...
...raised by the three Republican contenders for the vacant Senate seat in District C, most of that from former state Labor Commissioner Click Bishop and former state Sen. Ralph Seekins.Seekins poured tens of thousands of his own dollars into the...
...But is conservatism just a hyper-local issue? ....4. "Go ahead, be more conservative." Former state Labor Commissioner Click Bishop won a three-person Republican primary for a state Senate seat covering a huge swath of Alaska, stretching...
...and colleagues of former Assemblymember and Deputy Labor Commissioner David G. Stone, a lifelong Juneauite who died...continue to be a great place to live and work," Labor Commissioner Dianne Blumner said in a written statement Wednesday...
Gov. Sean Parnell has named one of his aides to be the new commissioner of the Department of Labor & Workforce Development. Parnell announced Thursday that Dianne Blumer would be the new commissioner, replacing Click Bishop, who retired two months ago.
...hired for these jobs, that continues to be a tall order. "Some seasonal jobs are in strong supply right now," Labor Commissioner Click Bishop said in a release. "Young people are especially encouraged to apply, as these jobs offer an opportunity...
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