The Day’s Labor
Happy Labor Day! My sunburn and I plan on grilling Monday, and I hope you get out with friends as well. Before we all celebrate, some updates on recent legislative labors.
Arctic Defense, Small Businesses, Oil/Gas Royalty Relief, and lots more!
Dear friends and neighbors, As school starts, I know we are all adjusting to new traffic patterns, new schedules, new places to be!
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AK Defense Forum, Events, and Energy Ratings
Hey Neighbors,
Summers in the Interior are short, beautiful and packed with barbeques for family and friends, fishing, attending the Midnight Sun Run activities, watching Gold Panner baseball games and making trips to the Salmon Bake and the Tanana Valley State Fair. My legislative office was also quite busy as we held multiple Picnics in the Park and door knocking to hear from you our friends and neighbors.
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BREAKING: State Medical Board seeks to limit abortion access and prohibit gender affirming care for youth
Earlier today, the State Medical Board authorized a 30-day public comment period on new regulations that seek to limit health care access for Alaskans.
Local Meetings, Trails, Special Session, and lots more!
Dear friends and neighbors, It’s been such a nice summer! Kids back to school already! State Fair opens this week. I’ve been busy, helping my husband rebuild our deck and keeping on top of policy issues. (Photo: Rebuilt Iditarod Trail section off Crow Creek Road, Girdwood)
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Back to School
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Anchorage School District resumes classes for students on Thursday, August 14th, Friday, August 15th and Thursday, August 21st. If you have school-aged children, make sure they have the what they need to succeed in the upcoming school year!
Education Support Override, Change of Command and a Busy Lingering Summer
Here is the historic fight and win for education over the last six months. Alaska schools have not been failing-they have been starving due to more than 10 years of no increase to the base student allocation per kid. With a decline in the total number of students and a decade of inflation, it meant that schools have had to close, classroom sizes have increased, and students have had less opportunities than we had growing up.
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Capitol Brief: Legislature Overrides Governor – Twice
Last weekend, the legislature made history by doing what’s right for Alaska and standing strong as an independent branch of government.
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Special Session Update
Dear Friends and Neighbors, On Saturday, the Legislature voted to override two items that the Governor vetoed this summer. We voted to restore over $50 million in education funding by a vote of 45-14. That vote marks the first time since 1987 that the Legislature overrode an appropriations veto. And we voted to override the veto
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Summer School
On Saturday the bells rang to call us into special session. The legislature completed just about all our work by the May deadline, but we didn’t get to turn in veto overrides early.