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On the Kenai: Weekly Legislative Update for May 12

Hello! Last week the Alaska Senate passed an austere budget that zeroed out requests from the Governor for new spending, defunded many programs, and made spending cuts that will be noticed by Alaskans across the state. Although the budget will change because of the upcoming conference committee, reductions in spending must be carried out because of

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On the Kenai: Weekly Legislative Update for May 3

Next week is a busy week, and a number of my bills have hearings. Below are some highlights about what’s going on. Senate Joint Resolution 19 encourages the Federal Government to honor Alaska’s birthright of the 90/10 split of revenue from mineral production on federal lands and guaranteed by the Alaska Statehood Compact. SJR 19 will

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