Rep. Tuck’s Community Connection: You Deserve the Truth!
April 5, 2013
Dear Neighbors,
In the middle of the night, shortly after 2 am in the morning yesterday, the House Resources Committee prematurely rushed out a bill intended to give away a massive share of Alaska’s wealth to the oil industry.
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Rep. Kerttula’s Juneau Newsletter: Working to End Discrimination, Plus: While You Were Sleeping… Oil Taxes Advance
April 5, 2013
While the end of the 90-day session is in 10 days, I am not sure we will adjourn on time (or we may be back for a special session).
A bright point of my week was learning that my anti-discrimination bill will get a hearing in House State Affairs on Tuesday morning. Read below for more information about the bill and the hearing.
It was terrific to see the huge turnout at Stop the Giveaway rallies against the oil tax bill across the state. I was disappointed that I couldn’t attend the rally in Juneau, but I was on the House Floor defending teachers against a bill that unfairly alters tenure.
Thank you for reading my newsletter. I enjoy hearing from you, so please stop by the office, call, write or email me.
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Rep. Kawasaki’s Juneau Note: Gov’s Giveaway and a Full Plate of Bills
April 4, 2013
Dear Neighbors,
In the Finance committee, we are in the thick of studying the Governor’s oil tax break. Last week, shortly after 2 am the House Resources committee rushed out SB 21 with even lower taxes proposed for the oil industry than the Senate version. It now gives even more billions of your dollars to oil corporations, still without any guarantee for production.
The last week of session is always an interesting and busy time of year.
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Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins’ Newsletter: Comedy & Tragedy
April 3, 2013
Some stuff in the legislature you just can’t make up. If you haven’t already read about it, I won’t recount what happened, because the professionals – Anchorage Daily News’s Rich Mauer and Alaska Public Radio’s Alexandra Gutierrez - have already done an excellent job.
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Rep. Guttenberg’s Legislative Report: “It’s Our Oil” Rally
April 1, 2013
With the clock ticking down to the final weeks, the legislature has to decide which bills will pass this session and which will wait until January 2014. With the big issues blocking up House Resources, House Finance, and Senate Finance, small legislation is on hold until the log jam breaks.
I want to say thank you to all the people who have called in to testify, written e-mails, POMs, and made phone calls to me and my colleagues. Your voices really do make a difference in bills and budgets.
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