Fairbanks – Representative Scott Kawasaki will present a legislative citation Saturday, June 14, 2014, commemorating the Juneteenth Celebration in Alaska. He will join the Fairbanks Chapter of the NAACP during their Juneteenth celebration. The presentation will take place at Allridge Park at 12:00 Noon, upon the conclusion of the Juneteenth parade.
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Last night, the Fairbanks School Board unanimously approved the first reading of a policy based on House Bill 233 from the 28th Legislative Session, known as Erin’s Law.
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Anchorage – Last week Representative Les Gara (D, Anchorage) wrote oil companies calling on them to pull radio and TV campaign ads they are funding, falsely implying oil production is going up under the 2013 oil tax law they are campaigning for. ConocoPhillips responded directly, refusing to stop the deception. The other three have not yet replied. “Oil companies should level with voters, not mislead them,” Gara said.
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Anchorage – Today, Representative Les Gara (D, Anchorage) called on four major oil companies to stop misleading Alaska voters. “When you spend over $8 million to dishonor voters by blitzing them with false information, it’s a reflection you have a weak case,” Gara said of the television and radio ads paid for by BP, ExxonMobil, Spanish company Repsol, and ConocoPhillips. Gara wrote each company today to call for them to withdraw their misleading claims.
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ANCHORAGE - Today Rep. Les Gara (D-Anch), a lead sponsor of legislation to start reversing the last three years of over 600 layoffs to teachers and educators across the state, called the “three-year” education bill that passed “two, and likely three more years of layoffs on top of the more than 600 teachers staff Parnell and the GOP have cut since 2011.” Since 2011 Alaska schools have lost over 600 teachers and staff due to flat funding.
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