Claman-AKMatters

The Supplemental Budget and the Constitutional Budget Reserve

Dear Friends and Neighbors, This week, the Senate unanimously passed the Supplemental Budget to fund transportation, wildfire and Western Alaska disaster response, and the Higher Education Investment Fund. This $373 million appropriation will fill a deficit in the current fiscal year and will be paid from the Constitutional Budget Reserve with other increased expenses paid from

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Joint Senate Hearing on Confidential Voter Data

Dear Friends and Neighbors, This week, the Senate Judiciary and State Affairs Committees held a joint hearing on the release of Alaskans’ confidential voter data to the federal government in December. Releasing the confidential, personal information of thousands of registered voters in Alaska raises concerns about protecting against identity theft and breaches our constitutional right to

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