Rep. Guttenberg’s Legislative Report: Upcoming Constituent Meeting
The legislative session is well underway. Budget subcommittees are busy dissecting department budgets and legislation is beginning to go through the process.
Read More →Rep. Kerttula’s Juneau Newsletter: A Guide to Citizen Participation
Today finishes out the third week of the legislative session. I put together the attached guide to citizen participation to help you participate in government at the local, state and federal levels.
Read More →Rep. Mike Doogan in Juneau: SPECIAL FLAGS, FRIENDS & DUMMIES EDITION
I ran into an old friend of mine in the Capitol on Wednesday. The encounter was not accidental. I’m not 100 percent sure why Ron Pollock was in town, but he was in the Speaker’s Chambers to receive a legislative citation – and an Alaska flag that had flown over the Capitol.
Read More →Newsletter from Rep. Lindsey Holmes: Bills on the Move; Laptops for Foster Children
Thank you all for your responses to my recent request for feedback! Your emails really help me stay in touch while I’m here in Juneau. I would love your input on any of the following bills, or on other items of interest to you.
Read More →Note from Rep. Les Gara: AmeriCorps Breakthrough, and My Book of Iraqi-Jewish-Alaskan State Records
I’m writing to brag on a recent success. I was recently recognized as the Iraqi-Jew who ate a cup of instant lentil soup further north of the Arctic Circle than any other Iraqi-Jew. Ever. Oh, wait. Wrong brag. That was in 1990. Though, someday ask me about the list of Iraqi-Jewish-Alaska firsts I think I’ve performed (top 10 Iraqi-Jewish basketball players in the state; first Iraqi- Jew to only catch four fish in 13 days on the Noatak River.)
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