AKLEG Day 84: Operating budget headed to the House floor with $314 million in cuts
The Legislature also saw the passage of the ‘Save the Alaska State Fair(‘s alcohol license) Act’ and a reworked version of the conflict of interest rules bill.
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AKLEG Day 70: Legislature fast tracks earthquake recovery money
Legislators also reviewed a proposal to end funding for medical education and the House continued to plug away with its budget.
AKLEG Day 65: House calls for wide distribution of Elizabeth Peratrovich coin in Alaska
The Legislature continued with a packed schedule on Day 65. More stuff than we can keep track of happened, but here’s a few of the…
AKLEG Day 64: State details its plan to cut $95 million from Medicaid
The 64th day of the Alaska legislative session was another busy one. Everyone got a look at the unannounced sponsor of the governor’s upcoming road show, representatives went to work mending the budget and yet another controversial appointee is out.
AKLEG Day 63: Updated revenue forecast predicts oil production to decline, but prices to rise
But it was a subcommittee walkout that ruled the day.
AKLEG Day 56: Pro-ANWR resolution passes Legislature with Alaska hire provision
The Senate had rejected the provision on the first pass, but supported it thanks to reworked language (and an unavoidable deadline).
AKLEG Day 51: Senators question how many additional victims were created by appointee’s inaction
“I wonder how many victims or how many additional young people were victimized because the district and the school board essentially ignored the repeated occurrences that happened in seven different incidents,” Sen. Peter Micciche said of Dunleavy appointee Trevor Shaw’s handling of a teacher who’s been convicted of sexually assaulting minors.
AKLEG Day 50: Dunleavy’s PFD repayment plan has residency requirements that are likely unconstitutional
The 50th day of the Alaska Legislature is in the books. Finance subcommittees continued the grind, we heard more from the public on the PFD…
AKLEG Day 34: Legislators find little justification for proposed school cuts: ‘That’s the wrong answer’
Another hearing, another lesson in futility as the administration refuses to back up its budget.
AKLEG Day 28: Eliminating Medicaid expansion would save state $30 million, cost economy $556 million
Eliminating expansion would also boot more than 50,000 low-income Alaskans off coverage.