Joyce Anderson

Alaska's new ethics law names the wrong person in a complaint

“Basically, the committee shall meet with the subject of the complaint within 10 days, not the complainant.”

Alaska's new ethics law puts legal teeth behind gift-travel rules

“the governor did not sign it. So it became effective on the day, the last day that he didn't, that he would have had to sign it, which was on Wednesday, June 24th. Section 28 of the bill says this act takes effect immediately.”

A refusal to explain a gift-funded trip exposed a hole in Alaska's ethics rules

“I'm a little upset that they adamantly refused to, you know, their refusal to submit. That's, that's not basically in their best interest.”

Alaska's ethics committee wants out of harassment training so it can get back to ethics

“when I came on board as administrator in 2001, we were not charged with this particular training, and it came about during Jerry Anderson's time. I have always felt that adding this to the ethics training has reduced the ethics training which has limited then the information that is given to both legislators and staff.”

Three lawmakers get paid for late travel claims, and one filed most of them

“Is there a travel policy that's in place for LAA and for legislators?”

House passes ethics reform to clarify complaints and strengthen oversight