NEWS: Parnell Administration: Gov’s 1 Million Barrel Goal Not Going to Happen
Today, Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) and Senator Hollis French (D-Anchorage) called on the governor to concede his massive oil tax rollback (SB21) will continue a steeper decline in oil production than the law it replaced.
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NEWS: Guarantee the PFD: Committee Hears Democrats’ Constitutional Amendment
JUNEAU - Today, Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) presented a constitutional amendment to enshrine the Permanent Fund Dividend program in the Alaska Constitution to the House State Affairs Committee.
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Note from Rep. Gara: Time to Reverse a 4th Year of Education Cuts; A Gasline For Exxon Or Us? And a Shelved Child Protection Study?
It’s an uphill battle sometimes. But Martin Luther King, Jr., said “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” It will. If we all work together. Your letters to the editor are needed if you think things should move in a better direction.
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NEWS: Democrats File Compromise Legislation to Expand Medicaid
Provides affordable care for Alaskans in need and fiscal protections for Alaska For Immediate Release: January 30th, 2014 JUNEAU – Democratic legislators, led by Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) and Representative Andy Josephson (D-Anchorage), filed legislation today to protect the more than 40,000 Alaskans left without comprehensive and affordable medical coverage from the Governor’s recent decision …
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NEWS: Make Senior Benefits Permanent, Democrats Say
JUNEAU - Today, Democratic legislators in the Alaska state House and Senate announced legislation to reauthorize and make permanent the Senior Benefits Program, currently set to expire June 30, 2015.
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