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Speaker Stutes: ‘It’s clear this budget is enough to avoid a shutdown’
JUNEAU – Speaker Louise Stutes released the following statement this afternoon, on the eve of the current special session:
State Capitol re-opens to Alaskans effective immediately
JUNEAU – The joint House-Senate committee that manages the operations of the Legislature unanimously agreed to reopen the Alaska State Capitol to members of the public.
House of Representatives passes partially funded budget as negotiations continue
JUNEAU – The House of Representatives passed a partially funded budget on Tuesday evening.
Bill protecting access to WWII internment site signed into law
JUNEAU – Today, a years-long effort to preserve access to a cemetery at the site of a World War Two internment camp where Unangax people were held reached its culmination as the governor signed House Bill 10 into law.
Lawmakers remember Albert Kookesh’s life of service to Alaska
Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins: ‘We lost a giant both in Alaska politics and in the Southeast community as a whole’
House of Representatives praise legislation allowing cruise ships to return to Alaska
JUNEAU — Alaska House Coalition members welcomed the passage of federal legislation H.R. 1318, which will allow cruise lines to return to Alaska without first stopping in Canada.
House passes bill establishing retirement system to keep law enforcement officers in Alaska
JUNEAU — The Alaska House of Representatives voted today to pass legislation that would provide a new retirement incentive to help attract law enforcement officers and firefighters to have careers in Alaska.
Act providing State recognition of Alaska Native Tribes passes House of Representatives
JUNEAU — The House of Representatives voted 35-4 today to pass House Bill 123, a bill that formally recognizes the Alaska Native Tribes that have existed and governed themselves for millennia.
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Alaska Matters: Legislature Passes Budget
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the legislature passed the state’s operating and capital budgets. The budget does not overdraw the Permanent Fund Earnings Reserve Account and includes an $1,100 dividend.
Dunleavy Government Shutdown?
Governor Dunleavy announced today he may shut down the government, laying off state employees and creating chaos in industry in order to obtain leverage for a larger Permanent Fund Dividend.
Budget Passes, Fiscal Plan Ideas, and Juneteenth
Well, the report from Juneau is not good as I would like. I am sorry about that. We did pass the Operating, Capital, and Mental Health budgets. The bad news...
Legislature passes budget, town hall on homelessness tonight at 5pm, Anchorage Caucus meeting next Wednesday
I am so glad that the operating budget finally passed. It funded important programs Alaskans count on, from ferries and public education, to public safety and needed construction across Alaska.
Arduin 2.0
Remember when Donna Arduin led the Dunleavy administration’s jihad against public services, attempting to make over a billion dollars in cuts?
PFDs, (more) budget negotiations, and Eastside events
The House passed their version of the budget on May 10. Wednesday, May 19th, was the last day of session.
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