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The Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration partially approved an amended version of the Alaska Department of Transportation’s statewide funding plan on March 27, but there are conditions
On Tuesday a joint session of the Legislature is scheduled to hold a vote on rejecting Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s executive order that gives him authority to appoint all members of the Alaska Marine Highway Operations Board (AMHOB). If they let it stand it’s likely he’ll replace at least half of the current board when the order takes effect July 1.
Motion calls on Dunleavy and Legislature to grant marine director more power.
Alaska Marine Highway has been short of onboard employees for more than two years.
The Alaska Marine Highway System, which five months ago embarked on improving its hiring process to address chronic crew shortages, is unable to say how many new employees it has