Post by Logan on Feb 25, 2016 20:43:30 GMT -6
Lawmakers nix funding for public corruption investigators
Members of the House subcommittee that sets the budget for the Alaska Department of Law have turned down $318,700 to hire investigators and attorneys to prosecute political corruption and investigate police-involved shootings.
The funding refusal comes two weeks after Barrow’s fire chief was killed by a North Slope Borough police officer.
Vincent Nageak III was the nephew of Rep. Ben Nageak, D-Barrow. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident.
The subcommittee’s decision was one of many being made this week as subcommittees finish their work on departmental budgets. The full House Finance Committee will begin considering the state budget next week, and a vote of the full House is expected by March 9.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-02-25/lawmakers-nix-funding-public-corruption-investigators
Members of the House subcommittee that sets the budget for the Alaska Department of Law have turned down $318,700 to hire investigators and attorneys to prosecute political corruption and investigate police-involved shootings.
The funding refusal comes two weeks after Barrow’s fire chief was killed by a North Slope Borough police officer.
Vincent Nageak III was the nephew of Rep. Ben Nageak, D-Barrow. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident.
The subcommittee’s decision was one of many being made this week as subcommittees finish their work on departmental budgets. The full House Finance Committee will begin considering the state budget next week, and a vote of the full House is expected by March 9.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-02-25/lawmakers-nix-funding-public-corruption-investigators