Governorship of Sarah Palin December 4, 2006, and maintained a high approval rating throughout her term. On July 3, 2009, Sarah Palin announced her resignation as governor of Alaska. She stepped down on July 26, 2009, being replaced by Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell. Palin had championed ethics reform throughout her election campaign. Her first legislative action after taking office was to push for a bipartisan ethics reform bill. She signed the resulting legislation in July 2007, calling it a "first step" declaring that she remains determined to clean up Alaska politics. However, Palin was also the subject of an ethics probe concerning her brother-in-law,
History of the Jews in Alaska in 1988. Jay Rabinowitz was a Justice on the Alaska Supreme Court for over thirty years, from 1965–1997, and was Chief Justice for 12 of those years. His tenure began during the first years of statehood when much of Alaska’s constitution was untested, and many of the over 1,200 opinions (along with 200 dissents) he wrote while on the court have defined the legal structure governing Alaska. The Rabinowitz Courthouse in Fairbanks is named in his honor. Avrum "Av" M. Gross served as the Alaska Attorney General from 1974–1980 while Jay Hammond was Governor, despite their differing personal politics. The