Giessel-Newsletter

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Budgets The House Finance committee continues work on the Operating Budget. The Senate Finance committee puts together the Capital Budget with the very limited remaining funds.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, There’s a large variety of stuff in this newsletter, from education to voting in Anchorage, to Cook Inlet Gas!

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Education Funding I voted to override the Governor’s veto of SB 140 (increase of education funding, additional Reads Act funding, and broadband upgrade with Federal grant funding).

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Education Funding We are in daily conversation with the House and with the Governor, in an effort to reach an agreement on education funding and the list of items to include in the bill.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Education Funding We are in daily conversation with the House and with the Governor, in an effort to reach an agreement on education funding and the list of items to include in the bill.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Happy Leap Year!! Welcome to day 45 of the 120 day legislative session.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Permanent Fund Corporation caution Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board again warns that the fund is running out of spendable money. Alaska Beacon “Without action by the Legislature, there’s a small but growing chance that within three years, the Permanent Fund — source of more than half of Alaska’s general-purpose state revenue

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Launch Alaska is not a rocket testing facility as is sometimes assumed. They are an innovation center, focused on equitable, resilient, prosperous communities with economic opportunities, sustainable systems, and clean energy. They help connect innovators and businesses.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, More on Cook Inlet Natural Gas Supply! On Wednesday, Feb. 7, I invited the House Resources committee to join my Senate committee to hear from Hilcorp, HEX/Furie, and BlueCrest Energy who are all resource development companies with leases to develop natural gas in Cook Inlet.

Dear Friends and Neighbors, It’s cold outside. If I told someone in the Lower 48 that its cold today in Alaska, they would laugh.