Rep. Scott Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: Budget Alert, More Questions than Answers, Defending Pre-K, Advice Time for the Budget
March 1, 2011
The House Resources Committee passed Governor Parnell’s bill to give away around $2 billion of Alaska’s oil wealth each year back to big oil. I was disappointed by the Committee’s action to move the bill despite many unanswered questions. We have not heard any real evidence; the only thing the committee has heard was “anecdotal evidence”, “industry input” and “personal opinions” from administration.
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House Bill 93 “School Gardens”
February 27, 2011
House Bill 93 creates a grant program for non-profits who operate school gardens at public schools and have raised operation funding in their communities. It would allow the state to provide an additional ½ of one percent of state aide to a school for the purposes of supporting a non-profit run school garden, farm or greenhouse…
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Rep. Scott Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: Protecting Wild Salmon
February 9, 2011
Protecting Wild Salmon, Demanding Excellence in Education, Giving through the PFD, Meeting Constituents in Fairbanks
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Democrats to introduce bill protecting schools from inflation
February 1, 2011
Costs rise. Our children shouldn’t have to make up the difference. JUNEAU – Today Representative Pete Petersen announced he will introduce legislation to protect Alaska schools from the rising costs of inflation. For the next budget year, Petersen’s proposal would increase the base student allocation $158.00, the exact amount required to offset inflation. …
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