NEWS: Anchorage Legislative Caucus Announces Next Public Meeting, Rep. Drummond New Co-chair
JUNEAU – Today, the Anchorage Legislative Caucus announced its next public hearing in Anchorage will be February 22, 2014 at the Loussac Library. Representative Harriet Drummond (D-Spenard) is the new democratic co-chair of the Anchorage Legislative Caucus and will co-chair the meeting with Representative Gabrielle LeDoux (R-Northeast Anchorage), the republican co-chair of the caucus.
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NEWS: Guarantee the PFD: Committee Hears Democrats’ Constitutional Amendment
JUNEAU - Today, Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) presented a constitutional amendment to enshrine the Permanent Fund Dividend program in the Alaska Constitution to the House State Affairs Committee.
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NEWS: Make February Official Public Education Month, Say Gardner, Drummond
JUNEAU – Today, Senator Berta Gardner and Representative Harriet Drummond introduced resolutions to name February of each year Public Education Month in Alaska.
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NEWS: Make Senior Benefits Permanent, Democrats Say
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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NEWS: Democrats Introduce Denali KidCare Expansion
JUNEAU – Today, Representative Harriet Drummond (D-Anchorage), Representative Beth Kerttula (D-Juneau) and Representative Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) pre-filed legislation to expand Denali KidCare, the state’s popular health care program for low-income children and pregnant women, to roughly 1500 more Alaskan women and children.
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