Rep. Wool’s Newsletter: Budget Update and Bills on the Move
April 10, 2015
We’re down to the last two weeks of the legislative session, which is scheduled to end on April 19. As we get down to the end of session the pace has picked up and our floor sessions have been getting longer as we debate more bills and resolutions. You can follow online by watching committee meetings at AKL.tv and floor session at GavelAlaska.com.
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House Bill 43 Sponsor Statement “University Institutes of Law and Medicine”
February 5, 2013
Link to the sponsor statement from the office of Rep. Scott Kawasaki.
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NEWS: Kawasaki Introduces Legislation to Create UA Medical and Law Schools
January 9, 2013
Bill encourages ‘Growing Our Own’ healthcare and law professionals
Fairbanks – Representative Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) introduced legislation (HB 43) to create the UA School of Medicine and the UA School of Law at the two main area campuses in Fairbanks and Anchorage. Kawasaki said that the time to invest in education is now if we are to build the workforce that Alaska will need in the next 20 years. Kawasaki points to the continuing doctor shortages and the costs of healthcare and legal services.
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