Today, I am in Juneau for the special session focused on the gas line. On Friday the House passed its version of the gas line bill and that bill is now under consideration in the Senate Finance Committee and will soon be under consideration on the Senate Floor. The special session is scheduled to end on Friday June 19 after which I will fully relocate back to Fairbanks for the summer.
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Dear friends and neighbors, Special Session – Day 22 Gas Pipeline – only special session topic Meetings this week of House Finance and Senate Finance both in Juneau. Meeting summaries are located in newsletter section below.
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Hello – I am writing from Juneau, where the Legislature is in special session to work on one of the most important decisions Alaska has faced in years: changing our oil and gas property tax law to help make the Alaska LNG pipeline project happen.
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Dear Friends and Neighbors, The special session on the gasline has reached the halfway point. Here is a quick update and some upcoming events in the district.
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Dear friends and neighbors, Special Session – Day 15 Gas Pipeline – only special session topic Meetings this week of House Finance (Anchorage), and Senate Finance in (Juneau). Meeting summaries are located in newsletter section below.
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This week the State Senate is considering SB 200, a bill to expand the mandatory agricultural exemption on property taxes beyond goods for human and animal consumption. This bill would extend property tax subsidies to horse farms, peony farms, and commercial greenhouses producing things other than food, and is supported primarily by senators from Kenai and the Matsu Borough.
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Hello – The Legislature adjourned its regular legislative session last week, concluding the second year of the 34th Alaska Legislature. This year my staff and I worked on a number of bills and issues that would benefit Kenai Peninsula residents.
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Dear friends and neighbors, Special Session – Day 8 Gas Pipeline – only special session topic Meetings this week of House Finance (Anchorage), and Senate Finance in (Juneau). Meeting summaries located in newsletter section below.
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Friends & Neighbors in District L — Both chambers of the Legislature were adjourned before 10pm on Day 121, May 20th. At that point, we’d already received the Governor’s call for a special session, which started on May 21st at 10am. I missed the start, having rushed to see my son graduate from High School. I
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Juneau, AK – The Alaska Legislature passed Senate Bill 21, known as the Alaska Work and Save Program. Sponsored by Senator Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, Representative Costello, R-Anchorage, and Representative Saddler, R-Chugiak, this legislation establishes a state-managed auto-IRA program for private-sector workers who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. Under this program, private-sector employees are enrolled
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