The Latest: Alaska Senate Passes a Balanced Budget
Compromise budget deal avoids spending from savings and will pay out a healthy PFD.
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NEWS: Senate Passes a Balanced Budget with an $84.2 Million Surplus
JUNEAU – Today, the Alaska Senate passed House Bill 39, Fiscal Year 2024 operating and capital budgets. The Senate’s version of the budget increases education funding outside the formula by $174.9 million – the single largest increase in state history, provides Alaskans with a $1,300 permanent fund dividend, and leaves the state with a $84.2
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Senate Actions on Day 121 and lots more!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This is Day 121 of the 121 day session. You are receiving more frequent newsletters to keep you up-to-date and informed about work being done.
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The Latest: Alaska Legislature fails to reach a last-minute compromise budget deal
The budget deal would prevent a government shutdown and include an additional $175 million for public education.
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Senate Actions on Day 119 & 120 and lots more!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This is Day 120 of the 121 day session. You are receiving more frequent newsletters to keep you up-to-date and informed about work being done.
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On the Kenai: Weekly Legislative Update
The shoulder has collapsed on Funny River Road near mile 8, and that section will be closed for two days while DOT makes emergency repairs. In December, DOT said publicly that Funny River Road was nearing the end of its drivable life, that the asphalt was fatigued and shoulders had eroded. DOT has plans in
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The Empty Office Podcast – Episode #15
Sen. Löki Gale Tobin and Mike Mason are joined by Sen. Tobin’s father, Lew Tobin, for a wide-ranging conversation about Nome, the Alaska State Legislature, and being a single-father.
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Education Funding, Budget Details, Dividend Solution, and lots more!
Dear Friends and Neighbors, This is Day 117 of the 121 day session. I am sending more frequent newsletters to keep you up-to-date and informed about work being done.
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NEWS: Legislature Passes Bill Removing a Barrier to Entry for Prospective Truck Drivers
JUNEAU – Today, the House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 123 by the Senate Transportation Committee, which repeals the requirement that applicants for a commercial driver’s license (CDL) hold a regular driver’s license for one year. This requirement was enacted in 1985 before state and federal regulators modernized the training and licensing standards for CDLs.
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NEWS: ConocoPhillips Makes More Profit in Alaska Than Anywhere Else in the World in 1st Quarter of 2023 According to Non-Partisan Legislative Research Division
JUNEAU – Today, Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, released the findings of a research report reviewing profit data recently released by ConocoPhillips. The legislature’s non-partisan research division found that in the first quarter of 2023, Alaska was the most profitable geographical area in the world for ConocoPhillips on a per barrel of oil equivalent (BOE). ConocoPhillips’