Giessel-Newsletter

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Happy New Year! Let’s get right to work on the really big pieces coming forward this year.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, No newsletter next week on December 26. In the meantime, you might enjoy the Christmas video embedded in the aurora picture, called Silent Night, Holy Night. Happy 1st Day of Hanukkah on December 25.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Royalty Relief Determination for Furie/HEX oil/gas in Cook Inlet: “After detailed consideration where all the materials presented by the applicant were reviewed and incorporated into our analysis, DNR has determined that Furie meets the necessary requirements and that royalty modification for the seven leases…is warranted…”

Dear Friends and Neighbors, I am looking forward to chairing the Senate Resources committee again this year. This will be my 9th year in that role. I’m so used to the 3:30-5 PM time slot every Mon, Wed and Fri.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Map Monday: Two Thanksgivings, One Decisions That Divided the Nation. NCSL President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a bold decision in 1939, sparking a spirited debate across America.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Chugach Electric Association rate case outcome can be summarized as better than it could have been, but not as good for residential customers as if regulators had adopted AARP’s recommendations for rate design.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, “Employers are shelling out the equivalent of buying an economy car for every worker every year to pay for family coverage,” KFF President and CEO Drew Altman said. “In the tight labor market in recent years, they have not been able to continue offloading costs onto workers who are already struggling

Dear Friends and Neighbors, On November 2, 1972, Alaskan voters approved establishment of the Alaska Permanent Fund. The vote was 75,588 to 38,518. My parents, husband and I were proud to vote Yes in 1972 on this visionary plan for Alaska.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, I’m in Fairbanks this week at a Geologic Hydrogen Workshop at the UAF. I’ll share more about that in next week’s newsletter.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, If you’ve been reading my newsletter for very long, you’veheard information about Pharmacy Benefit Managers, the middlemen inthe pharmacy space. PBMs stand between the drug manufacturer, the insurancecompany and the list of medications insurance covers, the pharmacy and how muchthe pharmacy is reimbursed for the medications it dispenses to patients, andfinally