Government of Alaska
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Government of Alaska | |
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Governor | |
Currently | Mike Dunleavy |
Appointer | Election |
Cabinet | |
Leader | Governor |
Deputy leader | Lieutenant Governor |
Headquarters | State Capitol |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Judiciary of Alaska |
Courts | Courts of Alaska |
Alaska Supreme Court | |
Chief judge | Daniel Winfree |
The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the
Executive branch
The
- Department of Administration
- Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Education and Early Development
- Department of Environmental Conservation
- Department of Fish and Game
- Department of Health and Social Services
- Department of Labor and Workforce Development
- Department of Law
- Department of Military and Veteran Affairs
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Public Safety
- Department of Revenue
- Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Other agencies are the:
- Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice
- Alaska Permanent Fund
- Alaska Volcano Observatory
- Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
- Alaska State Pension Investment Board
The current Governor of Alaska is Mike Dunleavy (R) and the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska is Nancy Dahlstrom (R).
Legislature
Alaska has a
Judiciary
The
Local government
Alaska has two levels of local government, including
Several population centers, including Anchorage and Juneau, have merged their city and borough governments because very few residents of these communities live outside the city but inside the borough. Other localities have both city governments and borough governments--borough governments provide services to less densely populated areas than city governments.[4]
Alaska has several types of borough governments and city governments: cities are divided into home rule, first class and second class cities. Boroughs are divided into home rule, first class, second class, and third class boroughs. The difference between these levels of organization (i.e., home rule, first class, second class and so on) is that some boroughs and cities have greater responsibility to provide certain kinds of services, and greater power including greater authority to tax. In general, "home rule" governments have more responsibility and authority than first class governments, first class governments have more responsibility and authority than second class governments and so on. For example, home rule cities may tax property at a higher rate than second class cities (30 vs. 20 mills) but are required to provide educational services (local schools) while second class cities are not permitted to operate local schools. Home rule cities and boroughs also have greater authority in land use planning, transportation infrastructure, licensing, regulation, waste disposal, economic development, emergency medical services and so on. These differences are complicated somewhat when cities sit inside of boroughs. For example, boroughs are required to operate local schools and therefore if a first class city sits inside of a borough it is not also required to operate a local school district.[3]
Areas where no city or borough governments have yet been established are said to sit inside "the Unorganized Borough." In these areas, state government provides most services that would otherwise be provided by cities or boroughs.[3]
See also
References
- ^ University of Alaska Justice Center local & borough government Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c "Local Government in Alaska". allege.gov. Alaska State Legislature. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Local Government in Alaska". akleg.gov. Alaska State Legislature. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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