The House Health and Social Services Committee is continuing Commissioner-designee Adam Crum’s confirmation hearing today and will again take public testimony. Public testimony is likely going to begin around 3:30pm.
Read More →I’m here to answer your questions about the budget! Tomorrow at 6:00 PM I’ll be going live on Facebook to answer questions on the operating budget that passed out of the House last week. Comment here or feel free to email me with questions and concerns you’d like to discuss!
Read More →On Thursday the House passed the FY20 Operating Budget. The House took a hard look at the budget this year–continuing work that has been done for years to reduce the budget.
Our FY19 operating budget is $838 million smaller (in real dollars) than it was in FY12. The FY20 budget we just passed was another ~$200 million smaller than last year’s.
JUNEAU – The Alaska House of Representatives on Thursday voted 24-to-14 to pass the operating budget bill, House Bill 39.
Read More →The Department of Health and Social Services recently entered into a contract with Wellpath, an out-of-state company that has a troubling track record of health and safety issues, to take over operation and management of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute.
Read More →Thank you to everyone who came out last Sunday to testify to members of House Finance and Anchorage legislators about the Governor’s budget. Approximately 100 people testified and many more submitted written testimony.
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