Rep. Wool’s Newsletter: Why is the State of Alaska Suing Itself?! And Fox Spring Update
It’s been a pretty bizarre week in the Legislature. The Legislative Council voted 10-1 to sue the state to attempt to prevent Medicaid expansion from providing 40,000 Alaskans access to healthcare while saving the state millions of dollars a year. I won’t go into all of the details about why expansion is good for Alaska and good for Fairbanks, but you can read the article I wrote for the Fairbanks Daily News Miner last month.
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Note from Rep. Gara: Medicaid Lawsuit Wastes State Money
Getting the Feds to pay for what the state used to pay for was once on Page One of the Alaska playbook. But yesterday some legislative leaders voted to spend $450,000 of your money on corporate law firms to sue Governor Walker on, well, a policy decision he made that saved the state money by leveraging those federal funds. To be exact, $145,000,000 in federal funds that would create 4,000 Alaska jobs, and ripple through our ailing economy.
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Rep. Josephson’s Newsletter: Conferences & the Ambler Mining District Road
Over the past couple of weeks I have been in and out of the state attending conferences in the Seattle area. These conferences allow like-minded policy makers (and also those from opposing positions) to gather to discuss issues, strategies, and network with each other. I tried to organize my conference schedules so that they would all take place around the same time. This way I could spend more of my time here in Alaska.
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Rep. Tarr’s Newsletter: Meeting with Mayor Berkowtiz, thread Book Party, and Youth Leadership Training
Teachers are already back in the classroom gearing up for this year’s classes, and our kids will be joining them next week. I can hardly believe it! I hope everybody has been making the most of the summer, and that you get a chance to get out and have some fun this weekend.
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Rep. Claman’s Newsletter: What’s in the news?
In this week’s newsletter, I am sharing some news highlights from the last two weeks. Since the legislature adjourned, I have attended many community events, met with neighbors around our community, and am working to hear from as many West Anchorage residents as possible. If you have an event you would like me to attend, or would like to meet with me in person, please let us know!
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