I’m happy to share news about child care legislation (HB 89) passing unanimously out of the Health and Social Services Committee after being amended to include employer tax credits for businesses that subsidize child care, and after adding language enabling the Department of Health to use grants to incentivize higher quality child care.
Renewable energy legislation (SB 101, Sen. Tobin / HB 121, Rep. Sumner) are among the most important bills we will consider this session. Utilities’ constructive engagement on renewable energy legislation is critically important, so I’m writing with a reminder to VOTE in the Chugach Board elections.
Alaska’s House of Representatives has finalized an operating budget after rejecting amendments to fund literacy, child care, Pre-K, and a range of public health programs designed to reduce the rate of child trauma and abuse.
Great news: On a 5-2 bipartisan vote, legislation (HB 65) to raise Base Student Allocation (BSA) education funding has passed out of the Education Committee despite Rep. Jamie Allard’s attempt to block it.
The House Education Committee will be hearing HB 65, the bill to increase the Base Student Allocation formula funding for education. Now is your chance to weigh in with public testimony, Tuesday 3/21, beginning at 5:15 PM.
I’ve heard from many of you who are frustrated that PFD politics have prevented us from investing in core services and crippled economic growth.
I’ve heard from many of you who are frustrated that PFD politics have prevented us from investing in core services and crippled economic growth. Many fellow Representatives have suggested that adjusting the PFD formula to an affordable level might help us move beyond the perennial crises around dividend amounts.
JUNEAU – On a unanimous vote today, the House passed Senate Bill 86 rejecting the recommendations of the Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission.
