The Nation - News from July 26, 1985
Alaska Gov. Bill Sheffield’s executive assistant told a Senate impeachment hearing in Juneau that she sent inside information about a lucrative state lease proposal to a friend of Sheffield at the governor’s request. However, Laurie Herman told the Senate Rules Committee that she believed the governor did not view the action as questionable. Sheffield is accused of steering a $9.1-million contract to a friend and campaign fund-raiser and then lying about it to a grand jury.
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