How The U.S. Federal Government Has Stolen Alaska's Statehood Birthright Presented To Our Readers Tomorrow With Significant Links and References From our friends at Ak-Headlamp: No hope for consensus on HB247. Governor Bill Walker's HB247 saw a new proposal yesterday via Rep. Craig Johnson, the first public action since April 13. But the adjustments proposed Tuesday don't appear to be enough to yield the 21 votes needed for the legislation to pass the 40-member House, with two moderate Republicans, Reps. Paul Seaton of Homer and Louise Stutes [...]