Rep. Kito’s Newsletter: Legislative Update
February 6, 2015
Dear Neighbors,
I hope everyone is weathering the recent stormy weather safely – strong winds have kept some flights in the district grounded (Juneau and Haines), and ferries in port.
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Rep. Kito’s Newsletter: Twenty-ninth Legislative Session Begins
January 20, 2015
Today, Tuesday January 20, 2015 marks the beginning of the twenty-ninth legislative session. And what a session it promises to be! I’ll be keeping you updated throughout, and I appreciate hearing from you. Here are some quick highlights from the office to kick things off.
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Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins’ Newsletter: 2015 Legislative Session Spectacular
January 20, 2015
We have a new legislature, a new governor, and a radically new $47.28 price for Alaska North Slope crude oil. We have a $3.5 billion budget deficit; we have a $55 billion LNG project (give or take $10 billion), one of the world’s largest, subject to the whims of rapidly changing global natural gas markets; and we have a proposal on the table to expand Medicaid for 40,000 Alaskans without health insurance.
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News: Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins and Rep.-Elect Ortiz Pre-file Legislation to Restore Public Comments for the State’s Pesticide Spraying Program
January 15, 2015
Juneau - Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D-Sitka) and Rep.-elect Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan) have pre-filed a bill to restore a public process to state pesticide spraying programs and add protections for fish habitat and drinking water.
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Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins’ Newsletter: Service and the Center of the Universe
December 23, 2014
Election season: it comes and it goes. Every two years, like a rising tide, campaign fervor floods Alaska. It’s utter, complete, neuron-invading inundation: advertisements; pollsters; earnest volunteers rapping on your door. Not even the Internet sanctum of YouTube and Pandora were safe. The audacity! (Pun definitely intended.)
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