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In May, the Dunleavy administration estimated that they could distribute around $150 million of the $289 million in relief in the first month of the program.

This Tuesday, as chair of the House Labor & Commerce Committee, I held another investigative hearing on the AK CARES Grant Program.

This Thursday, the House Labor & Commerce Committee will take more public testimony on the AK CARES Grant Program.

Applications are due by Friday, June 26th at midnight for the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s mortgage and rent relief lottery. If you are struggling to pay your rent or mortgage as a result of COVID-19, you may be eligible for up for $1,200 in relief.

The primary election in August is quickly approaching, but unfortunately, Anchorage isn’t out of the woods yet when it comes to community transmission of COVID-19.

The House passed HB 313 this Tuesday, approving CARES Act funding in less than 24 hours in Juneau. The week before, the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee on which I sit approved the governor’s Revised Program Legislative Requests, or RPLs, to release the funds, but then a lawsuit was filed that could have held up the funds indefinitely.