Giessel-Newsletter

Dear friends and neighbors, As of March 24, 2026, Juneau has officially recorded a historic snowfall year. At midnight, the Juneau International Airport measured 201.2 inches of snow—surpassing the previous record of 197.9 inches set during the 2006–07 season.

Dear friends and neighbors, See you this Saturday… Catch up with Cathy March 21, 9:00am – 10am Kaladi Brothers on Tudor Rd This is informal coffee conversation in which folks attending bring topics of interest and concerns.

Dear friends and neighbors, See you this Saturday… ANCHORAGE DELEGATION COMMUNITY MEETING This Saturday, March 14 at Wendy Williamson Theater, UAA Campus, 2-4 PM The format is all public testimony, 2 minute limit, sign up when you come in.

Dear friends and neighbors, This Sunday, March 8 – Daylight Savings Time – “spring forward” one hour Read more on the interesting history of time and Daylight Savings Tim in Alaska, here.

Dear friends and neighbors, Rep Justin Ruffridge, D.Ph., and I (MSN, FAANP) were honored by the Alaska Pharmacy Association for our work to bring lower cost pharmaceutical medication and greater access to healthcare in Alaska.

Dear friends and neighbors, The Senate Resources Committee made changes.eliminated sales tax and all references to itmoved oil tax structure from tax on net profits to tax on gross value of oilaccepted Governor’s idea of 15 cent surcharge on TAPS oil, goes to General Fund and intend use to maintain the Dalton Highway

Dear friends and neighbors, We have a Saw Whet Owl in our neighborhood! I first heard the little guy at the end of January, when walking my dogs at 6 AM. I thought the sound was a truck backing up. He was heard in the dark of 7 PM also. We’ve heard him every day

Dear friends and neighbors, The University of Alaska has an Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) that Alaskans can be very proud of.ISER was established 60 years ago.The research covers a wide range of topics. You can see more at ISER website.The economists who have worked there over the decades have been George Rogers,

Dear friends and neighbors, Budget. This is the most important topic we deal with this year. I have a section on Senate Finance meetings week, and will repeat it each week, so you can follow along. In the section are links to actual meetings and documents, and summary notes from the meetings.

Dear friends and neighbors, We have a lot on the Legislative plate. If you are reading this before 9 AM on Jan.22, you could sign onto Alaska State Legislature (chose “live now”) to listen to the Joint Session (House and Senate meeting) in which we vote on the question to override the Governor’s veto of SB