|
|
This week I introduced SB 254 - a bill to provide royalty relief to Cook Inlet gas fields. This bill will work to ensure that we have natural gas to heat our homes and power our lights. Although many renewable energy projects are becoming more economic and competitive, utilities are not able to incorporate renewables unless we have firm base power provided by natural gas.
|
|
|
|
Kenai Peninsula seniors have made great contributions to our community, and I think it’s important to look out for them in their golden years. I supported extending the Senior Benefits Program this week in the Senate. The program provides modest cash assistance of up to $250 a month based to low-income seniors to help pay for expenses such as food, electricity, and prescriptions.
|
|
|
|
If a court finds that an animal seized from a hunter was in fact legally harvested, the meat from that animal is long gone and can’t be returned. SB 168, my bill to ensure hunters are fairly compensated in these cases, has a hearing in the Senate Resources Committee today. Concerned about this issue? The Committee will be taking public testimony at a future hearing. Stay tuned for more info!
|
|
|
|
SB 183, which improves the management of the Workers’ Comp Benefits Guaranty Fund, passed out of the Labor and Commerce Committee today. Because of recent shortsighted political decisions, sometimes the fund is empty and not able to pay workers the benefits that they are due. It is unacceptable that workers must wait months to receive benefits from the fund to cover medical costs and lost wages. SB 183 fixes this problem and ensures that there are funds available to make the timely payments that workers have earned.
|
|
|
|
|
