Supreme Court reverses lower court ruling that state’s correspondence statutes are unconstitutional

Anchorage’s Solid Waste Services new pilot program aims to keep plastics and organics out of the landfillWhen Anchorage’s Midtown Transfer Station moved across the street into a brand new facility, it left behind the old transfer station and administrative offices. Now, both buildings have new functions, the administrative office is a homeless shelter, and the tipping floor of the former transfer station has become a place to drop off organic material.

‘It’s a clear win for Anchorage’: Outgoing mayor reacts to decision allowing bans on homeless people sleeping outsideThe Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places, overturning a California appeals court ruling that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking. In Anchorage it has been used as a reason why large, often dangerous, homeless camps have been allowed to thrive.

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Alaska Supreme Court overturns lower court and allows correspondence school law to standThe Alaska Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that said two statutes violated the state constitution by sending public funds to private schools. The case centers on provisions of a state law that allowed families with kids in correspondence school programs to receive reimbursements for instruction-related costs.
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State prepares to give argument in correspondence school caseThe State of Alaska is preparing to present its argument to the Alaska Supreme Court to reverse an April ruling by the Alaska Superior Court that found the correspondence study program unconstitutional.
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