NEWS: Representative Kreiss-Tomkins Bill Would Allow Easy, Online Access to Public Records
February 27, 2014
JUNEAU - Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D-Sitka) introduced open data legislation on Friday establishing an online data portal to allow Alaskans to easily access public records from one central website – basically, a data.gov equivalent for the State of Alaska.
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Gov’t Regs Not the Place to Make Women’s Health Decisions
January 7, 2014
Today, democratic legislators Representative Geran Tarr, Representative Beth Kerttula, Representative Harriet Drummond and Senator Berta Gardner spoke out against the governor’s bureaucratic intrusion into Alaska women’s personal health decisions. The Parnell administration recently finalized regulations allowing government bureaucrats to determine which circumstances determine whether a woman’s abortion procedure is medically necessary, a determination previously left to health professionals.
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Rep. Tarr Elected State Director for National Non-Partisan Women’s Group, Women in Government
January 3, 2014
Representative Geran Tarr was elected a 2014 State Director with Women In Government by her fellow state legislative colleagues this past year. State directors help ascertain important issues in their states so that Women In Government can tailor programming to these needs.
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