NEWS: Gruenberg:”Don’t Hurt Alaska To Solve Refugee Crisis”
July 14, 2014
Friday, Representative Max Gruenberg (D-Anchorage) wrote to U.S. Congressman Don Young, requesting his help in addressing the recent wave of child immigrants crossing the nation’s southwest border. Gruenberg asked Young to approve $3.7 billion in emergency funding requested by the Obama Administration.
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NEWS: Report: Governor’s Education Proposal Continues Teacher Cuts
March 6, 2014
JUNEAU – Today, Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) released a report showing that, in order to avoid cutting educators a fourth year in a row, Alaska’s six largest school districts need an increase of roughly four times more per-pupil funding next year than the Governor has proposed.
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Rep. Drummond’s Dispatch: Opening ceremonies, closing testimonies
February 7, 2014
Today, the House Education committee moved House Joint Resolution 1 (HJR1) out of committee. This resolution would ask Alaskans to vote on changing our state constitution to allow public funds to go to private and religious schools. The problem is that we have no idea what kind of fiscal impact it will have on our public schools because no one has revealed what a voucher system will look like.
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NEWS: Sen Gardner and Rep Josephson File Legislation to Repeal Funds for U-Med/Northern Access Road
January 24, 2014
JUNEAU - Today, Senator Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage) and Representative Andy Josephson (D-Anchorage) filed legislation to repeal state funds for the U-Med/Northern Access Road project. Senator Gardner and Representative Josephson represent the University area which is the location of the U-Med/Northern Access Road.
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NEWS: Make Senior Benefits Permanent, Democrats Say
January 17, 2014
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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