News: Creamer’s Field Expansion Moves from House Resources Committee
February 11, 2015
Juneau - The House Resources Committee unanimously moved House Bill 70 to expand the Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge out of committee today. This legislation, sponsored by Rep. Adam Wool (D-Fairbanks) and Rep. Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks), would add four state-owned parcels to the popular Fairbanks refuge.
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Rep. Kito’s Newsletter: Legislative Update
February 6, 2015
Dear Neighbors,
I hope everyone is weathering the recent stormy weather safely – strong winds have kept some flights in the district grounded (Juneau and Haines), and ferries in port.
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Rep. Josephson’s Newsletter: A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
April 16, 2014
The past week has likely been the most interesting I have experienced during my time serving in the Alaska Legislature. In my last newsletter I wrote about a bill that did too much bad and not enough good for public education. Voting against the bill was extremely challenging. House Bill 278 included a slight increase to the Base Student Allocation (BSA), but it was far from fully funding public education and included too many ill-advised changes, like allowing public dollars to go to private schools and creating an unfair teacher tenure system. Taken together, the bad outweighed the good, which led to my “No” vote.
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NEWS: House Passes Bi-partisan Bill to Make Alaska Native Languages Official State Languages
April 16, 2014
Today, the Alaska state House of Representatives voted to make each of the Native languages in Alaska an official language of the state. Supporters of the legislation in the House galleries broke into applause upon passage of the legislation (HB 216).
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Rep. Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: Final Week - Important Bills Still on the Table!
April 14, 2014
Here we are: The final week of the Twenty-eighth Alaska State Legislature has arrived. While there are only six days left, we still have numerous bills that are moving toward passage. As always, I will stand up and ask the most important question: how it will impact the lives of everyday Fairbanksans.
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