Press Releases

2005 Press Releases

Media Contacts

Communications Director

Patty Sullivan
patty.sullivan@alaska.gov
(907) 269-6368

Information Officer

Sam Curtis
sam.curtis@alaska.gov
(907) 269-6269

12/30/05 State Personnel Board Dismisses Ethics Complaint Against Attorney General David Márquez
12/22/05 Attorney General Asks the RCA to Investigate a Proposed Gas Supply Agreement Proposed by Enstar Natural Gas
12/13/05 Nigerian Advance Fee Scam Customized for Alaska: Morris Thompson variation could be taste of ploys to come
12/06/05 Senior Assistant District Attorney Richard Svobodny Secures 1st Degree Murder Verdict in Matthew Owens Trial
12/05/05 State of Alaska Weighs In on U.S. Supreme Court Review Involving Federal Jurisdictional Limits Under the Clean Water Act
12/05/05 State Settles with Diving Exploration Company Over Fate of Historic Sunken Steamship SS Aleutian
11/30/05 Department of Law Donates Taxol Settlement Excess Proceeds to Hospice of Anchorage
11/16/05 Attorney General David Márquez Joins in Effort Asking Hollywood to Add Anti-Smoking Message to DVDs
11/14/05 Western Union Enters Agreement to Fund a Consumer Protection Awareness Program
11/04/05 State Obtains Substantial Recovery in Settlement of WorldCom Bond Litigation
11/01/05 Juneau Assistant District Attorney Richard Svobodny Tapped to Become Alaska's First Cold Case Prosecutor
11/01/05 AG issues warning of court or jury clerk's office scam
11/01/05 Anchorage Man Accused of Assault and Attempted Murder Gets Jail Time for Violating Conditions of Release
10/27/05 Attorney General Issues Statement Regarding Irwin Memorandum
10/17/05 Craig Tillery Named Deputy Attorney General for the Civil Division for the Department of Law
10/17/05 Department of Law Secures Funding for Statewide Rural Prosecution Support Team
10/12/05 Department of Law Secures Funding for Statewide Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Prosecution Units
10/06/05 Dianne Olsen Receives Attorney General's 2005 Civil Division Leadership Award
10/03/05 Nancy Gordon Named Acting Deputy Attorney General for the Civil Division
09/28/05 State Seeks to Intervene in Kensington Mine Lawsuit
09/13/05 Attorney General's Efforts Help Generate Multi-Million Dollar Rate Reduction and Refund for AWWU Customers
09/02/05 Attorney General's Office on Lookout for Gasoline Price Gouging
09/01/05 Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief: Beware of Fraudulent Solicitations for Aid
08/31/05 Alaska AG Joins 50 Attorneys General Announcing Availability of Grants Funded by 2004 Settlement
08/30/05 Attorney General's Efforts Help to Reduce Electric Utility Rate Hike
08/19/05 Attorney General to Appeal Decision Allowing Two State Judges to Remain on November 2004 General Election Ballot
08/15/05 Former State Trooper Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Three Aniak Women
07/21/05 Attorney General Makes Recommendation on Alaska's Medical Marijuana Registration Act
07/20/05 Attorney General Applauds President Bush's Nomination of Judge John G. Roberts to the United States Supreme Court
06/06/05 U.S. Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Submerged Land Title Issues in Southeast Alaska
06/06/05 U.S. Supreme Court Decision Warrants State Review of Alaska's Medical Marijuana Registration Law
06/03/05 Alaska Supreme Court Grants Request for Stay Involving 2005 Cooperative Fishery in the Chignik Management Area
05/22/05 Anchorage Students Encouraged to "Make the Right Choice" to Prevent Underage Drinking and Driving
05/20/05 Dean Guaneli Named State Prosecutor of the Year
04/27/05 Consumer Alert: People In Profit System ("PIPS") is an illegal Ponzi Scheme
04/15/05 Alaska Supreme Court Rules Public Safety Protection Services are not Racially Discriminatory
04/13/05 State Paralegals Honored for Work as Victim/Witness Coordinators
04/13/05 State Attorneys General Urge Congress to Protect Funding For Crime-Victim Services
03/29/05 48 Attorneys General Announce Settlement with Blockbuster Over Advertising For "No Late Fee" Program
03/22/05 Lure of Easy Money May Buy Hard Time for Potential Bootleggers
03/22/05 Murkowski Signs Bill Fixing Criminal Sentencing Statutes
02/24/05 Attorney General's Office Undertakes Initiative to Educate Consumers on Business and Work-at-Home Schemes
02/15/05 Nordstrand Appointed to Permanent Fund Board
02/10/05 Murkowski Names Deputy AG Scott J. Nordstrand as Acting AG
02/04/05 National Consumer Protection Week Focuses on Identity Theft
01/28/05 Attorney General Issues Statement in Response to Governor's Letter Dated January 27, 2005
01/25/05 Attorney General Issues Statement in Response to the Bundy Report
01/25/05 Governor Seeks Increased Penalties for Certain Illegal Drugs
01/10/05 Attorney General Announces Multistate Agreement with State Farm