Happy Holidays!
Last week Governor Walker introduced his proposal for the 2017 fiscal year budget. The “New Sustainable Alaska Plan”, or NSAP, illustrates how he believes the legislature should approach closing the state’s multibillion dollar deficit by 2018.
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The third special session of the 29th Alaska Legislature has come to a close. The legislature voted to “buyout” Trans-Canada’s interests in the AKLNG project. Alaska now has a full 25% interest in what will be one of the largest megaprojects in the world.
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Special session is here and the legislature is working to analyze the various options that are being put on the table for a potential Trans-Canada buyout. Trans Canada is our partner in the AKLNG project. This decision making process was put in place in 2014 when the legislature passed SB138.
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Last week I had the opportunity to volunteer for the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital at their annual hospice benefit concert at the UAF Davis Concert Hall. Each year the Far North Fiddle Fest takes place to bring awareness to this important program. It was great seeing people from the community come out to help support interior hospice, as well as enjoy some of the country’s best fiddlers.
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On Tuesday leg council announced plans to sue Gov. Walker in an effort to block his authority to expand Medicaid in Alaska. This comes as no surprise considering the opposition the Governor faced since he first introduced Medicaid expansion into the budget during the regular 90 day session. It was blocked by a few and has landed us where we are today—about to spend half a million dollars during a deficit budget on corporate lawyers to carry out a lawsuit against an expansion that would bring in federal money to the state and create thousands of jobs.
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