Alaska House Majority Coalition

Friday is the final day for budget subcommittees to closeout. Next, the subcommittees will send their recommendations to the House Finance Committee.

This is the week that House finance sub-committees will close out and funding reports will go to the full Finance Committee. In sub-committee, we have been going line by line, examining the governor's budget proposals. Once we have examined the budget in detail and made recommendations, each subcommittee will...

Last month, Governor Dunleavy put forward a budget proposal that, if approved, will harm many of our institutions and further push our economy into a deeper recession. That includes the constitutionally mandated University of Alaska (UA), which is facing a massive 41 percent cut in state support.

This week I was pleased to welcome Barbara (‘Wáahlaal Gidáak) Blake to my office team. Barbara brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. Barbara worked for the Walker administration on fish and game, tribal affairs, and transboundary relations with Canada.